# Using JOINs with Typesense and Django
This site showcases how to use Typesense JOINs with Django on a Formula 1 race dataset, using custom React components for react-instantsearch (opens new window) with typesense-instantsearch-adapter (opens new window).
Source Code (opens new window)
# Key Highlights
- Here's (opens new window) how to validate sorting parameters on the Python server.
- Here's (opens new window) how to validate query parameters on the Python server.
- Here's (opens new window) how to map Django model objects to Typesense documents.
- Here's (opens new window) how to bulk import data from the Django ORM to Typesense.
- Here's (opens new window) how to reference a collection's
id
in another collection. - Here's (opens new window) how to use a JOIN another collection in order to filter based on reference.
- Here's (opens new window) how to build a custom Filter component for facets using react-instantsearch's (opens new window) hooks.