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Karl
Karl

Reputation: 1779

message_set of a given user in django

Till now I have an model to send messages to users. I can check all the messages sent to a user or messages recieved by the user. But how do i get all the messages (sent/recieved) of a particular user? And please correct me, if my model design is wrong. Thank you.

model.py:

class Message(models.Model):
    description = models.TextField()
    date_added = models.DateTimeField(default=datetime.now)
    sender = models.ForeignKey(User, related_name='sent_set')
    recipient = models.ForeignKey(User, related_name='recieved_set')

    def __unicode__(self):
        return "%s sent message: %s to %s" % (self.sender, self.description, self.recipient)

    def save(self, **kwargs):
        if self.sender == self.recipient:
            raise ValueError("Cannot message yourself")
        super(Message, self).save(**kwargs)

Upvotes: 3

Views: 245

Answers (1)

Akshar Raaj
Akshar Raaj

Reputation: 15241

from django.db.models import Q
user = request.user #or something else
Message.objects.filter(Q(sender=user)|Q(recipient=user))

You should read https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/db/queries/#complex-lookups-with-q-objects

Upvotes: 2

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