How to query directly the table created by Django for a ManyToMany relation?

Question

I have a model MyModel2 with a ManyToManyField related to another model MyModel1.

How can I get the pairs mymodel1.id, mymode

Answer 1

This is the many to many field instance:

MyModel2.mymodel1

This is the intermediary table model:

MyModel2.mymodel1.through

This is the intermediary model manager:

MyModel2.mymodel1.through.objects

This returns a queryset for all intermediary models:

MyModel2.mymodel1.through.objects.all()

This part of django docs talk about through. You can make a through model yourself, else it is automatically generated.