How To Use¶
Since it just subclasses Flask-SQLAlchemy’s Model class, the usage is entirely similar.
Set up Flask-SQLAlchemy related configuration keys to set up the database.
Then create a db instance like this:
from flask.ext.sqlalchemy_booster import FlaskSQLAlchemyBooster
db = FlaskSQLAlchemyBooster()
You can then subclass the db.Model
class to create your model classes:
class User(db.Model):
id = db.Column(db.Integer, primary_key=True, unique=True)
email = db.Column(db.String(100), unique=True)
password = db.Column(db.String(100))
name = db.Column(db.String(100))
active = db.Column(db.Boolean())
class Order(db.Model):
id = db.Column(db.Integer, primary_key=True, unique=True)
user_id = db.Column(db.Integer, db.ForeignKey('user.id'))
Using the Querying API¶
This module provides a set of commonly used methods - for CRUD operations on models. Usage is very simple
To get the first instance obeying some conditions:
customer = Customer.first(state="Rajasthan")
first_cust = Customer.first()
To get the last instance obeying some conditions:
customer = Customer.last(city="Delhi")
last_cust = Customer.last()