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2 Answers
Lazarus Odhiambo
4,423 Pointspk is the attribute that contains the value of the primary key for the model.
Alex Koumparos
Python Development Techdegree Student 36,862 PointsTo clarify Lazarus's answer, pk is a shortcut to the model field that is the primary key, i.e., it contains a reference to the primary key field, not the primary key value itself.
For example, if you had a model User and specified a primary key with the name user_id, you could query the primary key like this:
User.objects.get(user_id=3)
Since looking up objects by primary key is so common, Django provides pk as a convenience shortcut so we don't need to remember the actual primary key name. Thus we can write the same query like this:
User.objects.get(pk=3).
For more details, you can check out the official Django documentation