I have a few model classes with basic one-to-many relationships. For example, a book has many recipes, and each recipe has many ingredients:
class Book(models.Model):
name = models.CharField(max_length=64)
class Recipe(models.Model):
book = models.ForeignKey(Book)
name = models.CharField(max_length=64)
class Ingredient(models.Model):
text = models.CharField(max_length=128)
recipe = models.ForeignKey(Recipe)
I'd like a flat list of all ingredients in all recipes from a particular book. What's the best way to express this in Python?
If I was using LINQ, I might write something like this:
var allIngredients = from recipe in book.Recipes
from ingredient in recipe.Ingredients
select ingredient;
Actually, it looks like there's a better approach using filter:
my_book = Book.objects.get(pk=1)
all_ingredients = Ingredient.objects.filter(recipe__book=my_book)
To print each recipe and its ingredients:
mybook = Book.objects.get(name="Jason's Cookbook")
for recipe in mybook.recipe_set.all():
print recipe.name
for ingredient in recipe.ingredients:
print ingredient.text
And if you just want to get a list of all ingredient objects:
mybook = Book.objects.get(name="Jason's Cookbook")
ingredient_list = []
for recipe in mybook.recipe_set.all():
for ingredient in recipe.ingredients:
ingredient_list.append(ingredient)
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