How to use custom manager with related objects?

Question

I have a custom manager. I want to use it for related objects. I found use_for_related_fields in docs. But it does not work the way I used it:

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Answer 1

Also, in the custom manager, make sure to access the queryset via the self.get_query_set() proxy method when implementing custom filters to be called from related manager:

class EventManager(models.Manager):

    use_for_related_fields = True

    def visible_events(self):
        today = datetime.date.today()
        # don't do this !!! 
        # unsuitable for related managers as could retrieve extraneous objects
        # qs = super(EventManager, self).get_query_set()
        # Use queryset proxy method as follows, instead:
        qs = self.get_query_set()
        qs = qs.filter(visible_from__lte=today, visible_to__gte=today)
        return qs


class Event(models.Model):

    visible_from = models.DateField(_(u'visible from'), null=False, blank=False)
    visible_to = models.DateField(_(u'visible to'), null=False, blank=False)
    concepts = models.ManyToManyField(Concept, through='ConceptEventRegistration')

    objects = EventManager()

Sample usage:

my_concept = Concept.objects.get(id=1)
# retrieve all events related to the object
my_concept.event_set.all()
# retrieve all visible events related to the object
my_concept.event_set.visible_events()