Django filter the model on ManyToMany count?

Solution 1:

If this works this is how I would do it.

Best way can mean a lot of things: best performance, most maintainable, etc. Therefore I will not say this is the best way, but I like to stick to the ORM features as much as possible since it seems more maintainable.

from django.db.models import Count

user = Hipster.objects.get(pk=1) 
hip_parties = (Party.objects.annotate(num_participants=Count('participants'))
                            .filter(organiser=user, num_participants__gt=0))

Solution 2:

Party.objects.filter(organizer=user, participants__isnull=False)
Party.objects.filter(organizer=user, participants=None)

Solution 3:

Easier with exclude:

# organized by user and has more than 0 participants
Party.objects.filter(organizer=user).exclude(participants=None)

Also returns distinct results