How to filter choices in Django2’s autocomplete_fields?

If you are using autocomplete_fields for a ManyToManyField on ‘self’,
this example will exclude the current object.

Get the current object’s id by overriding get_form:

field_for_autocomplete = None

def get_form(self, request, obj=None, **kwargs):
    if obj:
        self.field_for_autocomplete = obj.pk

    return super(MyAdmin, self).get_form(request, obj, **kwargs)

Next, override get_search_results. Modify the queryset only for your model’s autocomplete URI:

def get_search_results(self, request, queryset, search_term):
    queryset, use_distinct = super().get_search_results(request, queryset, search_term)

    # Exclude only for autocomplete
    if request.path == '/admin/myapp/mymodel/autocomplete/':
        queryset = queryset.exclude(field=self.field_for_autocomplete)

    return queryset, use_distinct