Nested Query / not directly related field in Django - django

Question

If the models are as follows,
class Subject(BaseModel):
name = models.CharField(db_column='name', max_length=200, blank=False, null=False, unique=True)
class Meta:
managed = True
db_table = 'Subject'
class Topic(BaseModel):
name = models.CharField(db_column='name', max_length=200, blank=False, null=False, unique=True)
subject = models.ForeignKey(Subject, on_delete=models.CASCADE, null=False, related_name='subject_topic')
class Meta:
managed = True
db_table = 'Topic'
class Question(BaseModel):
topic = models.ForeignKey(Topic, on_delete=models.CASCADE, null=False, related_name='question_topic')
class Meta:
managed = True
db_table = 'Question'
How can I make a query Question for a subject.
questions = Question.objects.filter(topic_in=Topic.objects.get(subject=subject).only('id').all())
but it's not working. Any help would be really great help.

Answer 1

Your current "inner queryset" won't give you multiple values, it only returns 1.
Topic.objects.get(subject=subject).only('id').all()
You are using .objects.get() which returns a model instance, so for example .only() or .all() on that won't work unless your model has such a defined function.
Furthermore you don't really need 2 querysets, you can get your result with only one:
my_subject_ids = [...] # these are the ids of Subject models you want
Question.objects.filter(topic__subject_id__in=my_subject_ids)
You can also query for Subject.name, just use the following for this: topic__subject__name__in=my_list.
If you want to query for a specific Subject-instance you can use topic__subject=my_obj.
You also might wanna take a look at the docs for more information on that.