How to make manyToManyField recursive relationships that have extra fields symmetrical in Django?

Question

class Food_Tag(models.Model):
    name = models.CharField(max_length=200)
    related_tags = models.ManyToManyField('self', blank=True, symmetrical=False, through='Tag_Relation')

    def __unicode__(self):
     return self.name

class Tag_Relation(models.Model):
    source = models.ForeignKey(Food_Tag, related_name='source_set')
    target = models.ForeignKey(Food_Tag, related_name='target_set')
    is_a = models.BooleanField(default=False); # True if source is a target
    has_a = models.BooleanField(default=False); # True if source has a target

I want to be able to get the relationship between Food_Tags as:

>>> steak = Food_Tag.objects.create(name="steak")
>>> meat = Food_Tag.objects.create(name="meat")
>>> r = Tag_Relation(source=steak, target=meat, is_a=True)
>>> r.save()
>>> steak.related_tags.all()
[<Food_Tag: meat>]
>>> meat.related_tags.all()
[]

but related_tags is empty for meat. I understand that this is due to the argument "symmetric = false", but how can I set up such a model so that "meat.related_tags.all ()" returns all the Food_Tags associated with it?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

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Answer 3

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Answer 4

, :

1) Tag_Relation - steak , steak :

>>> steak = Food_Tag.objects.create(name="steak")
>>> meat = Food_Tag.objects.create(name="meat")
>>> r1 = Tag_Relation(source=steak, target=meat, is_a=True)
>>> r1.save()
>>> r2 = Tag_Relation(source=meat, target=steak, has_a=True)
>>> r2.save()
>>> steak.related_tags.all()
[<Food_Tag: meat>]
>>> meat.related_tags.all()
[<Food_Tag: steak]

2) ManyToManyField Food_Tag:

class Food_Tag(models.Model):
    name = models.CharField(max_length=200)
    related_source_tags = models.ManyToManyField('self', blank=True, symmetrical=False, through='Tag_Relation', through_fields=('source', 'target'))
    related_target_tags = models.ManyToManyField('self', blank=True, symmetrical=False, through='Tag_Relation', through_fields=('target', 'source'))

class Tag_Relation(models.Model):
    source = models.ForeignKey(Food_Tag, related_name='source_set')
    target = models.ForeignKey(Food_Tag, related_name='target_set')

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Answer 5

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class Tag_Relation(models.Model):
    source = models.ForeignKey(Food_Tag, related_name='source_set')
    target = models.ForeignKey(Food_Tag, related_name='target_set')
    is_a = models.BooleanField(default=False);
    has_a = models.BooleanField(default=False);

    class Meta:
        unique_together = ('source', 'target')

    def save(self, *args, **kwargs):
        super().save(*args, **kwargs)

        # create/update reverse relation using pure DB-level functions
        # we cannot just save() reverse relation because there will be a recursion
        reverse = Tag_Relation.objects.filter(source=self.target, target=self.source)
        if reverse.exists():
            reverse.update(is_a=self.is_a, has_a=self.has_a)
        else:
            Tag_Relation.objects.bulk_create([
                Tag_Relation(source=self.target, target=self.source, is_a=self.is_a, has_a=self.has_a)
            ])

The only drawback of this implementation is duplicate entries Tag_Relation, but apart from that, everything works fine, you can even use Tag_Relation in InlineAdmin.

UPDATE Remember to also define a method deletethat will remove the feedback.