arango_orm is a python ORM layer inspired by SQLAlchemy but aimed to work with the multi-model database ArangoDB. It supports accessing both collections and graphs using the ORM. The actual communication with the database is done using python-arango (the database driver for accessing arangodb from python) and object serialization and de-serialization is handled using marshmallow.
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from arango import ArangoClient
from arango_orm import Database
client = ArangoClient(hosts='http://localhost:8529')
test_db = client.db('test', username='test', password='test')
db = Database(test_db)Note: This is deprecated since python arango version 5.0. Since now the base library supports the hosts parameter. This will be removed in future versions. Users should instead use the pool in ArangoClient like:
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client = ArangoClient( hosts=['http://host1:8529', 'http://host2:8529'], host_resolver='roundrobin' )
Connection pools allow using multiple connections for accessing the database. Though these can be used on a single machine setup, they are more useful to use with arango clusters.
Connection pools support the same methods and properties that the Database class does. So they can be used interchangeably with Database.
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from arango import ArangoClient
from arango_orm import ConnectionPool
client1 = ArangoClient(protocol='http', host='localhost', port=8529)
client2 = ArangoClient(protocol='http', host='127.0.0.1', port=8529)
db = ConnectionPool([client1, client2], 'test', 'test', 'test')First we need to define data models (similar to SQLAlchemy's models) to specify what data our collection(s) will contain and how to marshal it
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from arango_orm import Collection
from arango_orm.fields import String, Date
class Student(Collection):
__collection__ = 'students'
_index = [{'type': 'hash', 'fields': ['name'], 'unique': True}]
_key = String(required=True) # registration number
name = String(required=True, allow_none=False)
dob = Date()Create Collection in the Database
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db.create_collection(Student)Drop a Collection
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db.drop_collection(Student)Check if a collection exists
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db.has_collection(Student)
db.has_collection('students')Add Records
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from datetime import date
s = Student(name='test', _key='12312', dob=date(year=2016, month=9, day=12))
db.add(s)
print(s._id) # students/12312Get Total Records in the Collection
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db.query(Student).count()Get Record By Key
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s = db.query(Student).by_key('12312')Update a Record
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s = db.query(Student).by_key('12312')
s.name = 'Anonymous'
db.update(s)Delete a Record
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s = db.query(Student).by_key('12312')
db.delete(s)Get All Records in a Collection
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students = db.query(Student).all()Get First Record Matching the Query
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first_student = db.query(Student).first()Filter Records
Using bind parameters (recommended)
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records = db.query(Student).filter("name==@name", name='Anonymous').all()Using plain condition strings (not safe in case of unsanitized user supplied input)
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records = db.query(Student).filter("name=='Anonymous'").all()Filter Using OR
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# Get all documents where student name starts with A or B
records = db.query(Student).filter(
"LIKE(rec.name, 'A%')", prepend_rec_name=False).filter(
"LIKE(rec.name, 'B%')", prepend_rec_name=False, _or=True).all()Filter, Sort and Limit
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# Last 5 students with names starting with A
records = db.query(Student).filter(
"LIKE(rec.name, 'A%')", prepend_rec_name=False).sort("name DESC").limit(5).all()
# Query students with pagination (limit&offset)
page_num, per_page = 2, 10
page = db.query(Student).sort("name DESC").limit(per_page, start_from=(page_num - 1) * per_page)Fetch Only Some Fields
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c = db.query(Student).limit(2).returns('_key', 'name').first()Update Multiple Records
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db.query(Student).filter("name==@name", name='Anonymous').update(name='Mr. Anonymous')Delete Multiple Records
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db.query(Student).filter("LIKE(rec.name, 'test%')", prepend_rec_name=False).delete()Delete All Records
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db.query(Student).delete()Bulk Create Records
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s1 = Student(name='test1', _key='12345', dob=date(year=2016, month=9, day=12))
s2 = Student(name='test2', _key='22346', dob=date(year=2015, month=9, day=12)
car1 = Car(make="Honda", model="Fiat", year=2010)
car2 = Car(make="Honda", model="Skoda", year=2015)
db.bulk_add(entity_list=[p_ref_10, p_ref_11, car1, car2])Bulk Update Records
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p_ref1 = db.query(Person).by_key("12312")
p_ref2 = db.query(Person).by_key("12345")
p_ref1.name = "Bruce"
p_ref2.name = "Eliza"
db.bulk_update(entity_list=[p_ref1, p_ref2])Query Using AQL
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db.add(Student(name='test1', _key='12345', dob=date(year=2016, month=9, day=12)))
db.add(Student(name='test2', _key='22346', dob=date(year=2015, month=9, day=12)))
students = [Student._load(s) for s in db.aql.execute("FOR st IN students RETURN st")]Reference fields allow linking documents from another collection class within a collection instance. These are similar in functionality to SQLAlchemy's relationship function.
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from arango import ArangoClient
from arango_orm.database import Database
from arango_orm.fields import String
from arango_orm import Collection, Relation, Graph, GraphConnection
from arango_orm.references import relationship, graph_relationship
class Person(Collection):
__collection__ = 'persons'
_index = [{'type': 'hash', 'unique': False, 'fields': ['name']}]
_allow_extra_fields = False # prevent extra properties from saving into DB
_key = String(required=True)
name = String(required=True, allow_none=False)
cars = relationship(__name__ + ".Car", '_key', target_field='owner_key')
def __str__(self):
return "<Person(" + self.name + ")>"
class Car(Collection):
__collection__ = 'cars'
_allow_extra_fields = True
make = String(required=True)
model = String(required=True)
year = Integer(required=True)
owner_key = String()
owner = relationship(Person, 'owner_key', cache=False)
def __str__(self):
return "<Car({} - {} - {})>".format(self.make, self.model, self.year)
client = ArangoClient(hosts='http://localhost:8529')
test_db = client.db('test', username='test', password='test')
db = Database(test_db)
p = Person(_key='kashif', name='Kashif Iftikhar')
db.add(p)
p2 = Person(_key='azeen', name='Azeen Kashif')
db.add(p2)
c1 = Car(make='Honda', model='Civic', year=1984, owner_key='kashif')
db.add(c1)
c2 = Car(make='Mitsubishi', model='Lancer', year=2005, owner_key='kashif')
db.add(c2)
c3 = Car(make='Acme', model='Toy Racer', year=2016, owner_key='azeen')
db.add(c3)
print(c1.owner)
print(c1.owner.name)
print(c2.owner.name)
print(c3.owner.name)
print(p.cars)
print(p.cars[0].make)
print(p2.cars)Working with graphs involves creating collection classes and optionally Edge/Relation classes. Users can use the built-in Relation class for specifying relations but if relations need to contain extra attributes then it's required to create a sub-class of Relation class. Graph functionality is explain below with the help of a university graph example containing students, teachers, subjects and the areas where students and teachers reside in.
First we create some collections and relationships
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from arango_orm.fields import String, Date, Integer, Boolean
from arango_orm import Collection, Relation, Graph, GraphConnection
class Student(Collection):
__collection__ = 'students'
_key = String(required=True) # registration number
name = String(required=True, allow_none=False)
age = Integer()
def __str__(self):
return "<Student({})>".format(self.name)
class Teacher(Collection):
__collection__ = 'teachers'
_key = String(required=True) # employee id
name = String(required=True)
def __str__(self):
return "<Teacher({})>".format(self.name)
class Subject(Collection):
__collection__ = 'subjects'
_key = String(required=True) # subject code
name = String(required=True)
credit_hours = Integer()
has_labs = Boolean(missing=True)
def __str__(self):
return "<Subject({})>".format(self.name)
class Area(Collection):
__collection__ = 'areas'
_key = String(required=True) # area name
class SpecializesIn(Relation):
__collection__ = 'specializes_in'
expertise_level = String(required=True, options=["expert", "medium", "basic"])
def __str__(self):
return "<SpecializesIn(_key={}, expertise_level={}, _from={}, _to={})>".format(
self._key, self.expertise_level, self._from, self._to)Next we sub-class the Graph class to specify the relationships between the various collections
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class UniversityGraph(Graph):
__graph__ = 'university_graph'
graph_connections = [
# Using general Relation class for relationship
GraphConnection(Student, Relation("studies"), Subject),
GraphConnection(Teacher, Relation("teaches"), Subject),
# Using specific classes for vertex and edges
GraphConnection(Teacher, SpecializesIn, Subject),
GraphConnection([Teacher, Student], Relation("resides_in"), Area)
]Now it's time to create the graph. Note that we don't need to create the collections individually, creating the graph will create all collections that it contains
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from arango import ArangoClient
from arango_orm.database import Database
client = ArangoClient(hosts='http://localhost:8529')
test_db = client.db('test', username='test', password='test')
db = Database(test_db)
uni_graph = UniversityGraph(connection=db)
db.create_graph(uni_graph)Now the graph and all it's collections have been created, we can verify their existence:
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[c['name'] for c in db.collections()]
db.graphs()Now let's insert some data into our graph:
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students_data = [
Student(_key='S1001', name='John Wayne', age=30),
Student(_key='S1002', name='Lilly Parker', age=22),
Student(_key='S1003', name='Cassandra Nix', age=25),
Student(_key='S1004', name='Peter Parker', age=20)
]
teachers_data = [
Teacher(_key='T001', name='Bruce Wayne'),
Teacher(_key='T002', name='Barry Allen'),
Teacher(_key='T003', name='Amanda Waller')
]
subjects_data = [
Subject(_key='ITP101', name='Introduction to Programming', credit_hours=4, has_labs=True),
Subject(_key='CS102', name='Computer History', credit_hours=3, has_labs=False),
Subject(_key='CSOOP02', name='Object Oriented Programming', credit_hours=3, has_labs=True),
]
areas_data = [
Area(_key="Gotham"),
Area(_key="Metropolis"),
Area(_key="StarCity")
]
for s in students_data:
db.add(s)
for t in teachers_data:
db.add(t)
for s in subjects_data:
db.add(s)
for a in areas_data:
db.add(a)Next let's add some relations, we can add relations by manually adding the relation/edge record into the edge collection, like:
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db.add(SpecializesIn(_from="teachers/T001", _to="subjects/ITP101", expertise_level="medium"))Or we can use the graph object's relation method to generate a relation document from given objects:
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gotham = db.query(Area).by_key("Gotham")
metropolis = db.query(Area).by_key("Metropolis")
star_city = db.query(Area).by_key("StarCity")
john_wayne = db.query(Student).by_key("S1001")
lilly_parker = db.query(Student).by_key("S1002")
cassandra_nix = db.query(Student).by_key("S1003")
peter_parker = db.query(Student).by_key("S1004")
intro_to_prog = db.query(Subject).by_key("ITP101")
comp_history = db.query(Subject).by_key("CS102")
oop = db.query(Subject).by_key("CSOOP02")
barry_allen = db.query(Teacher).by_key("T002")
bruce_wayne = db.query(Teacher).by_key("T001")
amanda_waller = db.query(Teacher).by_key("T003")
db.add(uni_graph.relation(peter_parker, Relation("studies"), oop))
db.add(uni_graph.relation(peter_parker, Relation("studies"), intro_to_prog))
db.add(uni_graph.relation(john_wayne, Relation("studies"), oop))
db.add(uni_graph.relation(john_wayne, Relation("studies"), comp_history))
db.add(uni_graph.relation(lilly_parker, Relation("studies"), intro_to_prog))
db.add(uni_graph.relation(lilly_parker, Relation("studies"), comp_history))
db.add(uni_graph.relation(cassandra_nix, Relation("studies"), oop))
db.add(uni_graph.relation(cassandra_nix, Relation("studies"), intro_to_prog))
db.add(uni_graph.relation(barry_allen, SpecializesIn(expertise_level="expert"), oop))
db.add(uni_graph.relation(barry_allen, SpecializesIn(expertise_level="expert"), intro_to_prog))
db.add(uni_graph.relation(bruce_wayne, SpecializesIn(expertise_level="medium"), oop))
db.add(uni_graph.relation(bruce_wayne, SpecializesIn(expertise_level="expert"), comp_history))
db.add(uni_graph.relation(amanda_waller, SpecializesIn(expertise_level="basic"), intro_to_prog))
db.add(uni_graph.relation(amanda_waller, SpecializesIn(expertise_level="medium"), comp_history))
db.add(uni_graph.relation(bruce_wayne, Relation("teaches"), oop))
db.add(uni_graph.relation(barry_allen, Relation("teaches"), intro_to_prog))
db.add(uni_graph.relation(amanda_waller, Relation("teaches"), comp_history))
db.add(uni_graph.relation(bruce_wayne, Relation("resides_in"), gotham))
db.add(uni_graph.relation(barry_allen, Relation("resides_in"), star_city))
db.add(uni_graph.relation(amanda_waller, Relation("resides_in"), metropolis))
db.add(uni_graph.relation(john_wayne, Relation("resides_in"), gotham))
db.add(uni_graph.relation(lilly_parker, Relation("resides_in"), metropolis))
db.add(uni_graph.relation(cassandra_nix, Relation("resides_in"), star_city))
db.add(uni_graph.relation(peter_parker, Relation("resides_in"), metropolis))With our graph populated with some sample data, let's explore the ways we can work with the graph.
Expanding Documents
We can expand any Collection (not Relation) object to access the data that is linked to it. We can sepcify which links ('inbound', 'outbound', 'any') to expand and the depth to which those should be expanded to. Let's see all immediate connections that Bruce Wayne has in our graph:
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bruce = db.query(Teacher).by_key("T001")
uni_graph.expand(bruce, depth=1, direction='any')Graph expansion on an object adds a _relations dictionary that contains all the relations for the object according to the expansion criteria:
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bruce._relationsReturns::
{
'resides_in': [<Relation(_key=4205290, _from=teachers/T001, _to=areas/Gotham)>],
'specializes_in': [<SpecializesIn(_key=4205114, expertise_level=medium, _from=teachers/T001, _to=subjects/ITP101)>,
<SpecializesIn(_key=4205271, expertise_level=expert, _from=teachers/T001, _to=subjects/CS102)>,
<SpecializesIn(_key=4205268, expertise_level=medium, _from=teachers/T001, _to=subjects/CSOOP02)>],
'teaches': [<Relation(_key=4205280, _from=teachers/T001, _to=subjects/CSOOP02)>]
}We can use _from and _to of a relation object to access the id's for both sides of the link. We also have _object_from and _object_to to access the objects on both sides, for example:
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bruce._relations['resides_in'][0]._object_from.name
# 'Bruce Wayne'
bruce._relations['resides_in'][0]._object_to._key
# 'Gotham'There is also a special attribute called _next that allows accessing the other side of the relationship irrespective of the relationship direction. For example, for outbound relationships the _object_from contains the source object while for inbound_relationships _object_to contains the source object. But if we're only interested in traversal of the graph then it's more useful at times to access the other side of the relationship w.r.t the current object irrespective of it's direction:
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bruce._relations['resides_in'][0]._next._key
# 'Gotham'Let's expand the bruce object to 2 levels and see _next in more action:
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uni_graph.expand(bruce, depth=2)
# All relations of the area where bruce resides in
bruce._relations['resides_in'][0]._object_to._relations
# -> {'resides_in': [<Relation(_key=4205300, _from=students/S1001, _to=areas/Gotham)>]}
# Name of the student that resides in the same area as bruce
bruce._relations['resides_in'][0]._object_to._relations['resides_in'][0]._object_from.name
# 'John Wayne'
# The same action using _next without worrying about direction
bruce._relations['resides_in'][0]._next._relations['resides_in'][0]._next.name
# 'John Wayne'
# Get names of all people that reside in the same area and Bruce Wayne
[p._next.name for p in bruce._relations['resides_in'][0]._next._relations['resides_in']]
# ['John Wayne']Inheritance Mapping
For inheritance mapping, arango_orm offers you two ways to define it.
Discriminator field/mapping are defined at entity level:
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class Vehicle(Collection):
__collection__ = "vehicle"
_inheritance_field = "discr"
_inheritance_mapping = {
'Bike': 'moto',
'Truck': 'truck'
}
_key = String()
brand = String()
model = String()
# discr field match what you defined in _inheritance_field
# the field type depends on the values of your _inheritance_mapping
discr = String(required=True)
class Bike(Vehicle):
motor_size = Float()
class Truck(Vehicle):
traction_power = Float()The inheritance_mapping_resolver is a function defined at graph level; it allows you to make either a simple test
on a discriminator field, or complex inference
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class OwnershipGraph2(Graph):
__graph__ = "ownership_graph"
graph_connections = [
GraphConnection(Owner2, Own2, Vehicle2)
]
def inheritance_mapping_resolver(self, col_name: str, doc_dict: dict = {}):
if col_name == 'vehicle':
if 'traction_power' in doc_dict:
return Truck2
else:
return Bike2
return self.vertices[col_name]Graph Traversal Using AQL
The graph module also supports traversals using AQL, the results are converted to objects and have the same structure as graph.expand method:
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obj = uni_graph.aql("FOR v, e, p IN 1..2 INBOUND 'areas/Gotham' GRAPH 'university_graph' RETURN p")
print(obj._key)
# Gotham
gotham_residents = [rel._next.name for rel in obj._relations['resides_in']]
print(gotham_residents)
# ['Bruce Wayne', 'John Wayne']ARANGO_HOSTS="http://127.0.0.1:8529" ARANGO_USERNAME=root ARANGO_PASSWORD=toor ARANGO_DATABASE=test_db pytest tests