""" Many-to-many relationships To define a many-to-many relationship, use ``ManyToManyField()``. In this example, an ``Article`` can be published in multiple ``Publication`` objects, and a ``Publication`` has multiple ``Article`` objects. """ from django.db import models class Publication(models.Model): title = models.CharField(max_length=30) class Meta: ordering = ("title",) def __str__(self): return self.title class Tag(models.Model): id = models.BigAutoField(primary_key=True) name = models.CharField(max_length=50) def __str__(self): return self.name class NoDeletedArticleManager(models.Manager): def get_queryset(self): return super().get_queryset().exclude(headline="deleted") class Article(models.Model): headline = models.CharField(max_length=100) # Assign a string as name to make sure the intermediary model is # correctly created. Refs #20207 publications = models.ManyToManyField(Publication, name="publications") tags = models.ManyToManyField(Tag, related_name="tags") authors = models.ManyToManyField("User", through="UserArticle") objects = NoDeletedArticleManager() class Meta: ordering = ("headline",) def __str__(self): return self.headline class User(models.Model): username = models.CharField(max_length=20, unique=True) def __str__(self): return self.username class UserArticle(models.Model): user = models.ForeignKey(User, models.CASCADE, to_field="username") article = models.ForeignKey(Article, models.CASCADE) # Models to test correct related_name inheritance class AbstractArticle(models.Model): class Meta: abstract = True publications = models.ManyToManyField( Publication, name="publications", related_name="+" ) class InheritedArticleA(AbstractArticle): pass class InheritedArticleB(AbstractArticle): pass