Updating Django's ManytoMany after filter - django

Question

I was trying to update certain Article's created_by and edited_by which have ManytoMany relation with a user and add another user to it.
I came across
MyModel.objects.filter(pk=some_value).update(field1='some value')
As a way to update with a single query is there a way to update ManytoMany with a single query too?
Article.objects.filter(Q(created_by__in=[deleted_user_id])| Q(edited_by__in=[deleted_user_id])).update(?)
What should I replace "?" with?
Assume that I need to add "replacement_user_id" to all those article which the filter returns.
I guess we can do by querying the "through" model maybe.

Answer 1

This is not possible using update method:
You can only set non-relation fields and ForeignKey fields using this
method.To update a non-relation field, provide the new value as a
constant. To update ForeignKey fields, set the new value to be the new
model instance you want to point to.
Learn more here
Update:
You can add multilple objects like:
articles = Article.objects.filter(Q(created_by__in=[deleted_user_id])| Q(edited_by__in=[deleted_user_id]))
created_by_objs = User.objects.filter(...)
edited_by_objs = User.objects.filter(...)
for article in articles:
#article.created_by.clear() uncomment if needed
article.created_by.add(*created_by_objs)
#article.edited_by.clear() uncomment if needed
article.edited_by.add(*edited_by_objs)
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