Copy Model Object From a Model To Another In Django

Question

I have to model. I want to copy model object from a model to another: Model2 is copy of Model1 (this models has too many m2m fields) Model1:

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Answer 1

This is how I do it (note: this is in Python3, you might need to change things - get rid of the dictionary comprehension - if you are using python 2):

def copy_instance_kwargs(src, exclude_pk=True, excludes=[]):
    """
    Generate a copy of a model using model_to_dict, then make sure
    that all the FK references are actually proper FK instances.  
    Basically, we return a set of kwargs that may be used to create
    a new instance of the same model - or copy from one model
    to another.

    The resulting dictionary may be used to create a new instance, like so:

    src_dict = copy_instance_kwargs(my_instance)
    ModelClass(**src_dict).save()

    :param src: Instance to copy
    :param exclude_pk: Exclude the PK of the model, to ensure new records are copies.
    :param excludes: A list of fields to exclude (must be a mutable iterable) from the copy. (date_modified, for example)
    """
    # Exclude the PK of the model, since we probably want to make a copy.
    if exclude_pk:
        excludes.append(src._meta.pk.attname)
    src_dict = model_to_dict(src, exclude=excludes)
    fks={k: getattr(src, k) for k in src_dict.keys() if 
         isinstance(getattr(src, k, None), models.Model) }
    src_dict.update(fks)
    return src_dict