Method select_related

mongoengine/document.py:754–760

Handles dereferencing of :class:`~bson.dbref.DBRef` objects to a maximum depth in order to cut down the number queries to mongodb.

(self, max_depth=1)

        return self

    def select_related(self, max_depth=1):
        """Handles dereferencing of :class:`~bson.dbref.DBRef` objects to
        a maximum depth in order to cut down the number queries to mongodb.
        """
        DeReference = _import_class("DeReference")
        DeReference()([self], max_depth + 1)
        return self

    def reload(self, *fields, **kwargs):
        """Reloads all attributes from the database.