get_paginator(queryset, per_page, orphans=0, allow_empty_first_page=True) Returns an instance of the paginator to use for this view. By default, instantiates an instance of paginator_class.

get_queryset() Get the list of items for this view. This must be an iterable and may be a queryset (in which queryset-specific behavior will be enabled).

model The model that this view will display data for. Specifying model = Foo is effectively the same as specifying queryset = Foo.objects.all(), where objects stands for Foo’s default manager.

ordering A string or list of strings specifying the ordering to apply to the queryset. Valid values are the same as those for order_by().

page_kwarg A string specifying the name to use for the page parameter. The view will expect this parameter to be available either as a query string parameter (via request.GET) or as a kwarg variable specified in the URLconf. Defaults to page.

paginate_by An integer specifying how many objects should be displayed per page. If this is given, the view will paginate objects with paginate_by objects per page. The view will expect either a page query string parameter (via request.GET) or a page variable specified in the URLconf.

paginate_orphans An integer specifying the number of “overflow” objects the last page can contain. This extends the paginate_by limit on the last page by up to paginate_orphans, in order to keep the last page from having a very small number of objects.

paginate_queryset(queryset, page_size) Returns a 4-tuple containing (paginator, page, object_list, is_paginated). Constructed by paginating queryset into pages of size page_size. If the request contains a page argument, either as a captured URL argument or as a GET argument, object_list will correspond to the objects from that page.

paginator_class The paginator class to be used for pagination. By default, django.core.paginator.Paginator is used. If the custom paginator class doesn’t have the same constructor interface as django.core.paginator.Paginator, you will also need to provide an implementation for get_paginator().

queryset A QuerySet that represents the objects. If provided, the value of queryset supersedes the value provided for model. Warning queryset is a class attribute with a mutable value so care must be taken when using it directly. Before using it, either call its all() method or retrieve it with get_queryset() which takes care of the cloning behind the scenes.