""" 7. The lookup API This demonstrates features of the database API. """ from django.core import meta class Article(meta.Model): headline = meta.CharField(maxlength=100) pub_date = meta.DateTimeField() class META: ordering = ('-pub_date', 'headline') def __repr__(self): return self.headline API_TESTS = """ # Create a couple of Articles. >>> from datetime import datetime >>> a1 = articles.Article(headline='Article 1', pub_date=datetime(2005, 7, 26)) >>> a1.save() >>> a2 = articles.Article(headline='Article 2', pub_date=datetime(2005, 7, 27)) >>> a2.save() >>> a3 = articles.Article(headline='Article 3', pub_date=datetime(2005, 7, 27)) >>> a3.save() >>> a4 = articles.Article(headline='Article 4', pub_date=datetime(2005, 7, 28)) >>> a4.save() >>> a5 = articles.Article(headline='Article 5', pub_date=datetime(2005, 8, 1, 9, 0)) >>> a5.save() >>> a6 = articles.Article(headline='Article 6', pub_date=datetime(2005, 8, 1, 8, 0)) >>> a6.save() >>> a7 = articles.Article(headline='Article 7', pub_date=datetime(2005, 7, 27)) >>> a7.save() # get_iterator() is just like get_list(), but it's a generator. >>> for a in articles.get_iterator(): ... print a.headline Article 5 Article 6 Article 4 Article 2 Article 3 Article 7 Article 1 # get_iterator() takes the same lookup arguments as get_list(). >>> for a in articles.get_iterator(headline__endswith='4'): ... print a.headline Article 4 # get_count() returns the number of objects matching search criteria. >>> articles.get_count() 7L >>> articles.get_count(pub_date__exact=datetime(2005, 7, 27)) 3L >>> articles.get_count(headline__startswith='Blah blah') 0L # get_in_bulk() takes a list of IDs and returns a dictionary mapping IDs # to objects. >>> articles.get_in_bulk([1, 2]) {1: Article 1, 2: Article 2} >>> articles.get_in_bulk([3]) {3: Article 3} >>> articles.get_in_bulk([1000]) {} # get_values() is just like get_list(), except it returns a list of # dictionaries instead of object instances -- and you can specify which fields # you want to retrieve. >>> articles.get_values(fields=['headline']) [{'headline': 'Article 5'}, {'headline': 'Article 6'}, {'headline': 'Article 4'}, {'headline': 'Article 2'}, {'headline': 'Article 3'}, {'headline': 'Article 7'}, {'headline': 'Article 1'}] >>> articles.get_values(pub_date__exact=datetime(2005, 7, 27), fields=['id']) [{'id': 2}, {'id': 3}, {'id': 7}] >>> articles.get_values(fields=['id', 'headline']) == [{'id': 5, 'headline': 'Article 5'}, {'id': 6, 'headline': 'Article 6'}, {'id': 4, 'headline': 'Article 4'}, {'id': 2, 'headline': 'Article 2'}, {'id': 3, 'headline': 'Article 3'}, {'id': 7, 'headline': 'Article 7'}, {'id': 1, 'headline': 'Article 1'}] True # get_values_iterator() is just like get_values(), but it's a generator. >>> for d in articles.get_values_iterator(fields=['id', 'headline']): ... i = d.items() ... i.sort() ... i [('headline', 'Article 5'), ('id', 5)] [('headline', 'Article 6'), ('id', 6)] [('headline', 'Article 4'), ('id', 4)] [('headline', 'Article 2'), ('id', 2)] [('headline', 'Article 3'), ('id', 3)] [('headline', 'Article 7'), ('id', 7)] [('headline', 'Article 1'), ('id', 1)] # Every DateField and DateTimeField creates get_next_by_FOO() and # get_previous_by_FOO() methods. # In the case of identical date values, these methods will use the ID as a # fallback check. This guarantees that no records are skipped or duplicated. >>> a1.get_next_by_pub_date() Article 2 >>> a2.get_next_by_pub_date() Article 3 >>> a3.get_next_by_pub_date() Article 7 >>> a4.get_next_by_pub_date() Article 6 >>> a5.get_next_by_pub_date() Traceback (most recent call last): ... ArticleDoesNotExist: Article does not exist for ... >>> a6.get_next_by_pub_date() Article 5 >>> a7.get_next_by_pub_date() Article 4 >>> a7.get_previous_by_pub_date() Article 3 >>> a6.get_previous_by_pub_date() Article 4 >>> a5.get_previous_by_pub_date() Article 6 >>> a4.get_previous_by_pub_date() Article 7 >>> a3.get_previous_by_pub_date() Article 2 >>> a2.get_previous_by_pub_date() Article 1 # Underscores and percent signs have special meaning in the underlying # database library, but Django handles the quoting of them automatically. >>> a8 = articles.Article(headline='Article_ with underscore', pub_date=datetime(2005, 11, 20)) >>> a8.save() >>> articles.get_list(headline__startswith='Article') [Article_ with underscore, Article 5, Article 6, Article 4, Article 2, Article 3, Article 7, Article 1] >>> articles.get_list(headline__startswith='Article_') [Article_ with underscore] >>> a9 = articles.Article(headline='Article% with percent sign', pub_date=datetime(2005, 11, 21)) >>> a9.save() >>> articles.get_list(headline__startswith='Article') [Article% with percent sign, Article_ with underscore, Article 5, Article 6, Article 4, Article 2, Article 3, Article 7, Article 1] >>> articles.get_list(headline__startswith='Article%') [Article% with percent sign] """