One-to-one relationships¶
To define a one-to-one relationship, use
OneToOneField
.
In this example, a Place
optionally can be a Restaurant
:
from django.db import models
class Place(models.Model):
name = models.CharField(max_length=50)
address = models.CharField(max_length=80)
def __str__(self):
return f"{self.name} the place"
class Restaurant(models.Model):
place = models.OneToOneField(
Place,
on_delete=models.CASCADE,
primary_key=True,
)
serves_hot_dogs = models.BooleanField(default=False)
serves_pizza = models.BooleanField(default=False)
def __str__(self):
return "%s the restaurant" % self.place.name
class Waiter(models.Model):
restaurant = models.ForeignKey(Restaurant, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
name = models.CharField(max_length=50)
def __str__(self):
return "%s the waiter at %s" % (self.name, self.restaurant)
What follows are examples of operations that can be performed using the Python API facilities.
Create a couple of Places:
>>> p1 = Place(name="Demon Dogs", address="944 W. Fullerton")
>>> p1.save()
>>> p2 = Place(name="Ace Hardware", address="1013 N. Ashland")
>>> p2.save()
Create a Restaurant. Pass the « parent » object as this object’s primary key:
>>> r = Restaurant(place=p1, serves_hot_dogs=True, serves_pizza=False)
>>> r.save()
A Restaurant can access its place:
>>> r.place
<Place: Demon Dogs the place>
A Place can access its restaurant, if available:
>>> p1.restaurant
<Restaurant: Demon Dogs the restaurant>
p2 doesn’t have an associated restaurant:
>>> from django.core.exceptions import ObjectDoesNotExist
>>> try:
... p2.restaurant
... except ObjectDoesNotExist:
... print("There is no restaurant here.")
...
There is no restaurant here.
You can also use hasattr
to avoid the need for exception catching:
>>> hasattr(p2, "restaurant")
False
Set the place using assignment notation. Because place is the primary key on Restaurant, the save will create a new restaurant:
>>> r.place = p2
>>> r.save()
>>> p2.restaurant
<Restaurant: Ace Hardware the restaurant>
>>> r.place
<Place: Ace Hardware the place>
Set the place back again, using assignment in the reverse direction:
>>> p1.restaurant = r
>>> p1.restaurant
<Restaurant: Demon Dogs the restaurant>
Note that you must save an object before it can be assigned to a one-to-one
relationship. For example, creating a Restaurant
with unsaved Place
raises ValueError
:
>>> p3 = Place(name="Demon Dogs", address="944 W. Fullerton")
>>> Restaurant.objects.create(place=p3, serves_hot_dogs=True, serves_pizza=False)
Traceback (most recent call last):
...
ValueError: save() prohibited to prevent data loss due to unsaved related object 'place'.
Restaurant.objects.all() returns the Restaurants, not the Places. Note that there are two restaurants - Ace Hardware the Restaurant was created in the call to r.place = p2:
>>> Restaurant.objects.all()
<QuerySet [<Restaurant: Demon Dogs the restaurant>, <Restaurant: Ace Hardware the restaurant>]>
Place.objects.all() returns all Places, regardless of whether they have Restaurants:
>>> Place.objects.order_by("name")
<QuerySet [<Place: Ace Hardware the place>, <Place: Demon Dogs the place>]>
You can query the models using lookups across relationships:
>>> Restaurant.objects.get(place=p1)
<Restaurant: Demon Dogs the restaurant>
>>> Restaurant.objects.get(place__pk=1)
<Restaurant: Demon Dogs the restaurant>
>>> Restaurant.objects.filter(place__name__startswith="Demon")
<QuerySet [<Restaurant: Demon Dogs the restaurant>]>
>>> Restaurant.objects.exclude(place__address__contains="Ashland")
<QuerySet [<Restaurant: Demon Dogs the restaurant>]>
This also works in reverse:
>>> Place.objects.get(pk=1)
<Place: Demon Dogs the place>
>>> Place.objects.get(restaurant__place=p1)
<Place: Demon Dogs the place>
>>> Place.objects.get(restaurant=r)
<Place: Demon Dogs the place>
>>> Place.objects.get(restaurant__place__name__startswith="Demon")
<Place: Demon Dogs the place>
If you delete a place, its restaurant will be deleted (assuming that the
OneToOneField
was defined with
on_delete
set to CASCADE
, which is the
default):
>>> p2.delete()
(2, {'one_to_one.Restaurant': 1, 'one_to_one.Place': 1})
>>> Restaurant.objects.all()
<QuerySet [<Restaurant: Demon Dogs the restaurant>]>
Add a Waiter to the Restaurant:
>>> w = r.waiter_set.create(name="Joe")
>>> w
<Waiter: Joe the waiter at Demon Dogs the restaurant>
Query the waiters:
>>> Waiter.objects.filter(restaurant__place=p1)
<QuerySet [<Waiter: Joe the waiter at Demon Dogs the restaurant>]>
>>> Waiter.objects.filter(restaurant__place__name__startswith="Demon")
<QuerySet [<Waiter: Joe the waiter at Demon Dogs the restaurant>]>