How to get id from foreign key model in django - django

Question

How Do I get id of to_user from the below model:
class Friend(models.Model):
status = models.CharField(max_length=10)
from_user = models.ForeignKey(AUTH_USER_MODEL, on_delete=models.CASCADE, related_name = 'from_user')
to_user = models.ForeignKey(AUTH_USER_MODEL, on_delete=models.CASCADE, related_name="to_user")
date_modified = models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True, blank=True)
date_created = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True, null=True)
def create(self,request, **kwargs, ):
friend = self.create(from_user_id=request.user.id, status="Pending")
return friend
class Meta:
unique_together = (('from_user', 'to_user'),)
def __str__(self):
return self.to_user.email
my view :
def accept_friend_request(request, uidb64, status):
"""Accept button will lead to entry in database as accepted and reject button will lead to entry in database as rejected based on status flag"""
Friend.status = "pending"
try:
uid = urlsafe_base64_decode(uidb64)
friend_user = User.objects.filter(id=Friend.to_user.id)
f = Friend.objects.filter(friend_id = friend_user)
if f:
f.status=status
f.save()
f.status = "accepted"
return render(request, 'users/friend_list.html', {"uidb64": uid, "status": status})
else:
f.status = "rejected"
f.save()
return render(request, 'users/friend_list.html', {'uidb64':uid, 'status':status})
except AttributeError:
return render(request, 'blog/base.html')
I cannot retrieve the friend_user = User.objects.filter(id=Friend.to_user.id)
Thanking you in advance,

Answer 1

Friend is a model class, and you need an instance of such class in order to relate it to another model instance as a foreign relationship.
For example:
friend_instance = Friend.objects.get(name='Madeleaine')
...
friend_user = friend_instance.to_user.id