""" 4. Many-to-one relationships To define a many-to-one relationship, use ``ForeignKey()`` . """ from django.core import meta class Reporter(meta.Model): first_name = meta.CharField(maxlength=30) last_name = meta.CharField(maxlength=30) def __repr__(self): return "%s %s" % (self.first_name, self.last_name) class Article(meta.Model): headline = meta.CharField(maxlength=100) pub_date = meta.DateField() reporter = meta.ForeignKey(Reporter) def __repr__(self): return self.headline API_TESTS = """ # Create a Reporter. >>> r = reporters.Reporter(first_name='John', last_name='Smith') >>> r.save() # Create an Article. >>> from datetime import datetime >>> a = articles.Article(id=None, headline="This is a test", pub_date=datetime(2005, 7, 27), reporter=r) >>> a.save() >>> a.reporter_id 1 >>> a.get_reporter() John Smith # Article objects have access to their related Reporter objects. >>> r = a.get_reporter() >>> r.first_name, r.last_name ('John', 'Smith') # Create an Article via the Reporter object. >>> new_article = r.add_article(headline="John's second story", pub_date=datetime(2005, 7, 29)) >>> new_article John's second story >>> new_article.reporter_id 1 # Reporter objects have access to their related Article objects. >>> r.get_article_list(order_by=['pub_date']) [This is a test, John's second story] >>> r.get_article(headline__startswith='This') This is a test >>> r.get_article_count() 2 # The API automatically follows relationships as far as you need. # Use double underscores to separate relationships. # This works as many levels deep as you want. There's no limit. # Find all Articles for any Reporter whose first name is "John". >>> articles.get_list(reporter__first_name__exact='John', order_by=['pub_date']) [This is a test, John's second story] # Find all Articles for the Reporter whose ID is 1. >>> articles.get_list(reporter__id__exact=1, order_by=['pub_date']) [This is a test, John's second story] # Note you need two underscores between "reporter" and "id" -- not one. >>> articles.get_list(reporter_id__exact=1) Traceback (most recent call last): ... TypeError: got unexpected keyword argument 'reporter_id__exact' # "pk" shortcut syntax works in a related context, too. >>> articles.get_list(reporter__pk=1, order_by=['pub_date']) [This is a test, John's second story] # You can also instantiate an Article by passing # the Reporter's ID instead of a Reporter object. >>> a3 = articles.Article(id=None, headline="This is a test", pub_date=datetime(2005, 7, 27), reporter_id=r.id) >>> a3.save() >>> a3.reporter_id 1 >>> a3.get_reporter() John Smith # Similarly, the reporter ID can be a string. >>> a4 = articles.Article(id=None, headline="This is a test", pub_date=datetime(2005, 7, 27), reporter_id="1") >>> a4.save() >>> a4.get_reporter() John Smith """