- News: quick_orm is fully compatible with the newest SQLAlchemy 0.7.9.
- Notice: quick_orm is NOT YET compatible with SQLAlchemy 0.8.x.
Python ORM framework which enables you to get started in less than a minute!
Super easy to setup and super easy to use, yet super powerful!
You would regret that you didn't discorver it earlier!
- quick: you could get and play with it in less than a minute. It couldn't be more straightforward.
- easy: you don't have to write any SQL statements, including those "create table xxx ..." ones.
- simple: the core code counts only 217 lines including comments and pydocs, there is no room for bugs.
- free: released under BSD license, you are free to use it and distribute it.
- powerful: built upon SQLAlchemy and doesn't compromise its power.
- support relationships by means of python decorators.
- support table inheritance in a most natural way.
- support multiple databases: you can map your models to many databases without difficulty.
- write less, do more: taking advantage of python metaclass reduces data modeling code dramatically.
- long-term maintained: Continous efforts are taken to improve and maintain it.
pip install quick_orm
Refer to the following examples to write your own database manipulation code.
from quick_orm.core import Database
from sqlalchemy import Column, String
__metaclass__ = Database.DefaultMeta
class User:
name = Column(String(30))
Database.register()
if __name__ == '__main__':
db = Database('sqlite://') # database urls: http://docs.sqlalchemy.org/en/latest/core/engines.html#database-urls
db.create_tables() # create tables, you don't have to write any SQL.
user = User(name = 'Hello World')
db.session.add_then_commit(user) # commit user to database.
user = db.session.query(User).get(1)
print 'My name is', user.name
print 'created_at', user.created_at # created_at and updated_at timestamps are added automatically.
print 'updated_at', user.updated_at
user.name = 'Tyler Long'
db.session.commit() # commit changes to database.
print 'My name is', user.name
print 'created_at', user.created_at
print 'updated_at', user.updated_at
from quick_orm.core import Database
from sqlalchemy import Column, String, Text
__metaclass__ = Database.DefaultMeta
class Question:
title = Column(String(70))
content = Column(Text)
@Database.many_to_one(Question)
class Answer:
content = Column(Text)
Database.register()
if __name__ == '__main__':
db = Database('sqlite://')
db.create_tables()
question = Question(title = 'What is quick_orm?', content = 'What is quick_orm?')
answer = Answer(question = question, content = 'quick_orm is a Python ORM framework which enables you to get started in less than a minute!')
db.session.add_then_commit(answer)
question = db.session.query(Question).get(1)
print 'The question is:', question.title
print 'The answer is:', question.answers.first().content
from quick_orm.core import Database
from sqlalchemy import Column, String, Text
__metaclass__ = Database.DefaultMeta
class Question:
title = Column(String(70))
content = Column(Text)
@Database.many_to_one(Question, ref_name = 'question', backref_name = 'answers')
class Answer:
content = Column(Text)
Database.register()
if __name__ == '__main__':
db = Database('sqlite://')
db.create_tables()
question = Question(title = 'What is quick_orm?', content = 'What is quick_orm?')
answer = Answer(question = question, content = 'quick_orm is a Python ORM framework which enables you to get started in less than a minute!')
db.session.add_then_commit(answer)
question = db.session.query(Question).get(1)
print 'The question is:', question.title
print 'The answer is:', question.answers.first().content
from quick_orm.core import Database
from sqlalchemy import Column, String
__metaclass__ = Database.DefaultMeta
@Database.many_to_one('Node', ref_name = 'parent_node', backref_name = 'children_nodes')
class Node:
name = Column(String(70))
Database.register()
if __name__ == '__main__':
db = Database('sqlite://')
db.create_tables()
root_node = Node(name = 'root')
node1 = Node(name = 'node1', parent_node = root_node)
node2 = Node(name = 'node2', parent_node = root_node)
db.session.add_then_commit(root_node)
root_node = db.session.query(Node).filter_by(name = 'root').one()
print 'Root node has {0} children nodes, they are {1}'\
.format(root_node.children_nodes.count(), ', '.join(node.name for node in root_node.children_nodes))
from quick_orm.core import Database
from sqlalchemy import Column, String
__metaclass__ = Database.DefaultMeta
class User:
name = Column(String(30))
@Database.many_to_many(User)
class Role:
name = Column(String(30))
Database.register()
if __name__ == '__main__':
db = Database('sqlite://')
db.create_tables()
user1 = User(name = 'Tyler Long')
user2 = User(name = 'Peter Lau')
role = Role(name = 'Administrator', users = [user1, user2])
db.session.add_then_commit(role)
admin_role = db.session.query(Role).filter_by(name = 'Administrator').one()
print ', '.join([user.name for user in admin_role.users]), 'are administrators'
from quick_orm.core import Database
from sqlalchemy import Column, String
__metaclass__ = Database.DefaultMeta
class User:
name = Column(String(30))
@Database.many_to_many(User, ref_name = 'users', backref_name = 'roles', middle_table_name = 'user_role')
class Role:
name = Column(String(30))
Database.register()
if __name__ == '__main__':
db = Database('sqlite://')
db.create_tables()
user1 = User(name = 'Tyler Long')
user2 = User(name = 'Peter Lau')
role = Role(name = 'Administrator', users = [user1, user2])
db.session.add_then_commit(role)
admin_role = db.session.query(Role).filter_by(name = 'Administrator').one()
print ', '.join([user.name for user in admin_role.users]), 'are administrators'
from quick_orm.core import Database
from sqlalchemy import Column, String
__metaclass__ = Database.DefaultMeta
@Database.many_to_many('User', ref_name = 'users_i_follow', backref_name = 'users_follow_me')
class User:
name = Column(String(30))
Database.register()
if __name__ == '__main__':
db = Database('sqlite://')
db.create_tables()
peter = User(name = 'Peter Lau')
mark = User(name = 'Mark Wong', users_i_follow = [peter, ])
tyler = User(name = 'Tyler Long', users_i_follow = [peter, ], users_follow_me = [mark, ])
db.session.add_then_commit(tyler)
tyler = db.session.query(User).filter_by(name = 'Tyler Long').one()
print 'Tyler Long is following:', ', '.join(user.name for user in tyler.users_i_follow)
print 'People who are following Tyler Long:', ', '.join(user.name for user in tyler.users_follow_me)
mark = db.session.query(User).filter_by(name = 'Mark Wong').one()
print 'Mark Wong is following:', ', '.join(user.name for user in mark.users_i_follow)
from quick_orm.core import Database
from sqlalchemy import Column, String
__metaclass__ = Database.DefaultMeta
class User:
name = Column(String(30))
@Database.one_to_one(User)
class Contact:
email = Column(String(70))
address = Column(String(70))
Database.register()
if __name__ == '__main__':
db = Database('sqlite://')
db.create_tables()
contact = Contact(email = 'quick.orm.feedback@gmail.com', address = 'Shenzhen, China')
user = User(name = 'Tyler Long', contact = contact)
db.session.add_then_commit(user)
user = db.session.query(User).get(1)
print 'User:', user.name
print 'Email:', user.contact.email
print 'Address:', user.contact.address
from quick_orm.core import Database
from sqlalchemy import Column, String, Text
__metaclass__ = Database.DefaultMeta
class User:
name = Column(String(30))
@Database.many_to_one(User, ref_name = 'author', backref_name = 'articles_authored')
@Database.many_to_one(User, ref_name = 'editor', backref_name = 'articles_edited')
class Article:
title = Column(String(80))
content = Column(Text)
Database.register()
if __name__ == '__main__':
db = Database('sqlite://')
db.create_tables()
author = User(name = 'Tyler Long')
editor = User(name = 'Peter Lau')
article = Article(author = author, editor = editor, title = 'quick_orm is super quick and easy',
content = 'quick_orm is super quick and easy. Believe it or not.')
db.session.add_then_commit(article)
article = db.session.query(Article).get(1)
print 'Article:', article.title
print 'Author:', article.author.name
print 'Editor:', article.editor.name
from quick_orm.core import Database
from sqlalchemy import Column, String
__metaclass__ = Database.DefaultMeta
class User:
name = Column(String(70))
Database.register()
if __name__ == '__main__':
db = Database('sqlite://')
db.create_tables()
count = db.engine.execute('select count(name) from user').scalar()
print 'There are {0} users in total'.format(count)
from quick_orm.core import Database
from sqlalchemy import Column, String
__metaclass__ = Database.DefaultMeta
class User:
name = Column(String(30))
Database.register()
if __name__ == '__main__':
db1 = Database('sqlite://')
db1.create_tables()
db2 = Database('sqlite://')
db2.create_tables()
user1 = User(name = 'user in db1')
user2 = User(name = 'user in db2')
db1.session.add_then_commit(user1)
db2.session.add_then_commit(user2)
print 'I am', db1.session.query(User).get(1).name
print 'I am', db2.session.query(User).get(1).name
from quick_orm.core import Database
from sqlalchemy import Column, String, Text
__metaclass__ = Database.DefaultMeta
class User:
name = Column(String(70))
@Database.many_to_one(User)
class Post:
content = Column(Text)
class Question(Post):
title = Column(String(70))
@Database.many_to_one(Question)
class Answer(Post):
pass
@Database.many_to_one(Post)
class Comment(Post):
pass
@Database.many_to_many(Post)
class Tag:
name = Column(String(70))
Database.register()
if __name__ == '__main__':
db = Database('sqlite://')
db.create_tables()
user1 = User(name = 'Tyler Long')
user2 = User(name = 'Peter Lau')
tag1 = Tag(name = 'quick_orm')
tag2 = Tag(name = 'nice')
question = Question(user = user1, title = 'What is quick_orm?', content = 'What is quick_orm?', tags = [tag1, ])
question2 = Question(user = user1, title = 'Have you tried quick_orm?', content = 'Have you tried quick_orm?', tags = [tag1, ])
answer = Answer(user = user1, question = question, tags = [tag1, ],
content = 'quick_orm is a Python ORM framework which enables you to get started in less than a minute!')
comment1 = Comment(user = user2, content = 'good question', post = question)
comment2 = Comment(user = user2, content = 'nice answer', post = answer, tags = [tag2, ])
db.session.add_all_then_commit([question, question2, answer, comment1, comment2, tag1, tag2, ])
question = db.session.query(Question).get(1)
print 'tags for question "{0}": "{1}"'.format(question.title, ', '.join(tag.name for tag in question.tags))
print 'new comment for question:', question.comments.first().content
print 'new comment for answer:', question.answers.first().comments.first().content
user = db.session.query(User).filter_by(name = 'Peter Lau').one()
print 'Peter Lau has posted {0} comments'.format(user.comments.count())
tag = db.session.query(Tag).filter_by(name = 'quick_orm').first()
print '{0} questions are tagged "quick_orm"'.format(tag.questions.count())
from quick_orm.core import Database
from sqlalchemy import Column, String
class DefaultModel:
name = Column(String(70))
__metaclass__ = Database.MetaBuilder(DefaultModel)
class User:
pass
class Group:
pass
Database.register()
if __name__ == '__main__':
db = Database('sqlite://')
db.create_tables()
user = User(name = 'tylerlong')
db.session.add(user)
group = Group(name = 'python')
db.session.add_then_commit(group)
print user.name
print group.name
from quick_orm.core import Database
from sqlalchemy import Column, String, Text
__metaclass__ = Database.DefaultMeta
@Database.many_to_many('User', ref_name = 'followed_users', backref_name = 'followers')
class User:
email = Column(String(200))
name = Column(String(100))
@Database.many_to_one(User)
class Post:
content = Column(Text)
@Database.many_to_one(Post)
class Comment(Post):
pass
class Question(Post):
title = Column(String(200))
@Database.many_to_one(Question)
class Answer(Post):
pass
@Database.many_to_many(Post)
class Tag:
name = Column(String(50))
@Database.many_to_one(User, ref_name = 'sender', backref_name = 'messages_sent')
@Database.many_to_one(User, ref_name = 'receiver', backref_name = 'messages_received')
class Message:
content = Column(Text)
@Database.many_to_one(User)
@Database.many_to_one(Post)
class Vote:
type = Column(String(20)) #"vote_up" or "vote_down"
Database.register()
if __name__ == '__main__':
db = Database('sqlite://')
db.create_tables()
user1 = User(email = 'tylerlong@example.com', name = 'Tyler Long')
user2 = User(email = 'peterlau@example.com', name = 'Peter Lau')
tag1 = Tag(name = 'Python')
tag2 = Tag(name = 'quick_orm')
question1 = Question(user = user1, title = 'Can you program in Python?', content = 'RT')
question2 = Question(user = user1, title = 'Do you know quick_orm?', content = 'RT')
answer1 = Answer(user = user2, question = question1, content = 'Yes I can')
answer2 = Answer(user = user2, question = question2, content = 'No I don\'t')
comment1 = Comment(user = user1, content = 'You rock')
comment2 = Comment(user = user1, content = 'You suck')
answer1.comments = [comment1,]
answer2.comments = [comment2,]
user1.followers = [user2,]
question1.tags = [tag1,]
answer2.tags = [tag2,]
vote1 = Vote(user = user1, type = 'vote_up', post = question1)
vote2 = Vote(user = user2, type = 'vote_up', post = question1)
vote2 = Vote(user = user2, type = 'vote_down', post = question2)
db.session.add_all_then_commit([user1, user2,])
print user2.name, 'is following', ', '.join(user.name for user in user2.followed_users)
print user1.name, 'questions:', ', '.join(question.title for question in user1.questions)
print 'question1 tags:', ', '.join(tag.name for tag in question1.tags)
print 'answer2 comments:', ', '.join(comment.content for comment in answer2.comments)
print 'answer "', answer1.content, '" is for question: "', answer1.question.title, '"'
print 'there are {0} vote_ups for question "{1}"'.format(question1.votes.filter_by(type = 'vote_up').count(), question1.title)
- Everblog is a personal blogging platform taking advantage of evernote, it chooses quick_orm as its ORM framework. Refer to everblog's database model file for more detail.
If you know any other successful stories about quick_orm, do tell me and I will list them above.
As said above, quick_orm is built upon SQLAlchemy. quick_orm never tries to hide SQLAlchemy's flexibility and power. Everything availiable in SQLAlchemy is still available in quick_orm.
So please read the documents of SQLAlchemy, you would learn much more there than you could here.
Read quick_orm's source code, try to improve it.
quick_orm is released under BSD lisence.
The source code is hosted on github: https://github.com/tylerlong/quick_orm
quick_orm is built upon SQLAlchemy - the famous Python SQL Toolkit and Object Relational Mapper. All of the glory belongs to the SQLAlchemy development team and the SQLAlchemy community! My contribution to quick_orm becomes trivial compared with theirs( to SQLAlchemy).
Comments, suggestions, questions, free beer, t-shirts, kindles, ipads ... are all welcome!
Email: quick.orm.feedback@gmail.com
- full text search. (class decorator for model?)
- orm for nosql? such as this one: http://qslack.com/projects/rhino-a-ruby-hbase-orm/
- ref_grandchildren can't access some attributes of grandchildren. for example: everblog project: tag.blog_entrys.lang report an error.
- generate visual charts according to model. It is good for analyzing and demonstrating.
- multiple many_to_many between two models
- make table name customizable