In Django 1.6, how to find what database a model object is from?

Question

In Django, in a project using multiple databases and given a model object, how can I find out the name of the database (corresponding to the names used in using and configured in settings.DATABASES) the object is from?

Answer 1

You can do: <object>._state.db to get the database the object is stored in.

Here is the relevant source

Also here is the documentation (no very obvious though.. )