""" 5. Many-to-many relationships To define a many-to-many relationship, use ManyToManyField(). In this example, an article can be published in multiple publications, and a publication has multiple articles. """ from django.db import models class Publication(models.Model): title = models.CharField(maxlength=30) def __repr__(self): return self.title class Meta: ordering = ('title',) class Article(models.Model): headline = models.CharField(maxlength=100) publications = models.ManyToManyField(Publication) def __repr__(self): return self.headline class Meta: ordering = ('headline',) API_TESTS = """ # Create a couple of Publications. >>> p1 = Publication(id=None, title='The Python Journal') >>> p1.save() >>> p2 = Publication(id=None, title='Science News') >>> p2.save() >>> p3 = Publication(id=None, title='Science Weekly') >>> p3.save() # Create an Article. >>> a1 = Article(id=None, headline='Django lets you build Web apps easily') >>> a1.save() # Associate the Article with a Publication. >>> a1.publications.add(p1) # Create another Article, and set it to appear in both Publications. >>> a2 = Article(id=None, headline='NASA uses Python') >>> a2.save() >>> a2.publications.add(p1, p2) >>> a2.publications.add(p3) # Adding a second time is OK >>> a2.publications.add(p3) # Add a Publication directly via publications.add by using keyword arguments. >>> a2.publications.add(title='Highlights for Children') # Article objects have access to their related Publication objects. >>> a1.publications.all() [The Python Journal] >>> a2.publications.all() [Highlights for Children, Science News, Science Weekly, The Python Journal] # Publication objects have access to their related Article objects. >>> p2.article_set.all() [NASA uses Python] >>> p1.article_set.all() [Django lets you build Web apps easily, NASA uses Python] >>> Publication.objects.get(id=4).article_set.all() [NASA uses Python] # We can perform kwarg queries across m2m relationships >>> Article.objects.filter(publications__id__exact=1) [Django lets you build Web apps easily, NASA uses Python] >>> Article.objects.filter(publications__pk=1) [Django lets you build Web apps easily, NASA uses Python] >>> Article.objects.filter(publications__title__startswith="Science") [NASA uses Python, NASA uses Python] >>> Article.objects.filter(publications__title__startswith="Science").distinct() [NASA uses Python] # Reverse m2m queries are supported (i.e., starting at the table that doesn't # have a ManyToManyField). >>> Publication.objects.filter(id__exact=1) [The Python Journal] >>> Publication.objects.filter(pk=1) [The Python Journal] >>> Publication.objects.filter(article__headline__startswith="NASA") [Highlights for Children, Science News, Science Weekly, The Python Journal] >>> Publication.objects.filter(article__id__exact=1) [The Python Journal] >>> Publication.objects.filter(article__pk=1) [The Python Journal] # If we delete a Publication, its Articles won't be able to access it. >>> p1.delete() >>> Publication.objects.all() [Highlights for Children, Science News, Science Weekly] >>> a1 = Article.objects.get(pk=1) >>> a1.publications.all() [] # If we delete an Article, its Publications won't be able to access it. >>> a2.delete() >>> Article.objects.all() [Django lets you build Web apps easily] >>> p1.article_set.all() [Django lets you build Web apps easily] # Adding via the 'other' end of an m2m >>> a4 = Article(headline='NASA finds intelligent life on Earth') >>> a4.save() >>> p2.article_set.add(a4) >>> p2.article_set.all() [NASA finds intelligent life on Earth] >>> a4.publications.all() [Science News] # Adding via the other end using keywords >>> p2.article_set.add(headline='Oxygen-free diet works wonders') >>> p2.article_set.all() [NASA finds intelligent life on Earth, Oxygen-free diet works wonders] >>> a5 = p2.article_set.all()[1] >>> a5.publications.all() [Science News] # Removing publication from an article: >>> a4.publications.remove(p2) >>> p2.article_set.all() [Oxygen-free diet works wonders] >>> a4.publications.all() [] # And from the other end >>> p2.article_set.remove(a5) >>> p2.article_set.all() [] >>> a5.publications.all() [] # You can clear the whole lot: # (put some back first) >>> p2.article_set.add(a4, a5) >>> a4.publications.add(p3) >>> a4.publications.all() [Science News, Science Weekly] >>> p2.article_set.clear() >>> p2.article_set.all() [] >>> a4.publications.all() [Science Weekly] # And you can clear from the other end >>> p2.article_set.add(a4, a5) >>> p2.article_set.all() [NASA finds intelligent life on Earth, Oxygen-free diet works wonders] >>> a4.publications.all() [Science News, Science Weekly] >>> a4.publications.clear() >>> a4.publications.all() [] >>> p2.article_set.all() [Oxygen-free diet works wonders] # Recreate the article and Publication we just deleted. >>> p1 = Publication(id=None, title='The Python Journal') >>> p1.save() >>> a2 = Article(id=None, headline='NASA uses Python') >>> a2.save() >>> a2.publications.add(p1, p2, p3) # Bulk delete some Publications - references to deleted publications should go >>> Publication.objects.filter(title__startswith='Science').delete() >>> Publication.objects.all() [Highlights for Children, The Python Journal] >>> Article.objects.all() [Django lets you build Web apps easily, NASA finds intelligent life on Earth, NASA uses Python, Oxygen-free diet works wonders] >>> a2.publications.all() [The Python Journal] # Bulk delete some articles - references to deleted objects should go >>> q = Article.objects.filter(headline__startswith='Django') >>> print q [Django lets you build Web apps easily] >>> q.delete() # After the delete, the QuerySet cache needs to be cleared, and the referenced objects should be gone >>> print q [] >>> p1.article_set.all() [NASA uses Python] """