Example usage for Django's get_by_natural_key

natural key example

from django.db import models

class AuthorManager(models.Manager):
    def get_by_natural_key(self, first_name, last_name)
        return self.get(first_name=first_name, last_name=last_name)

class Author(models.Model):
    first_name = models.CharField(max_length=50)
    last_name = models.CharField(max_length=50)

    objects = AuthorManager()

    def __unicode__(self):
        return u'%s %s' % (self.first_name, self.last_name)

    def get_natural_key(self):
        return [self.first_name, self.last_name]

thx

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