sqlalchemy-schema 0.1.1
Convert SQLAlchemy models to JSON Schema definitions
License: MIT
Requires Python: <4.0,>=3.10

# sqlalchemy_schema

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## features

sqlalchemy_schema is the library for converting sqlalchemys's model to jsonschema.

- using sqlalchemy_schema as command
- using sqlalchemy_schema as library

## as library

having three output styles.

- NoForeignKeyWalker -- ignore relationships
- ForeignKeyWalker -- expecting the information about relationship is foreign key
- StructuralWalker -- fullset output(expecting the information about relationship is full JSON data)

### examples

dumping json with above three output styles.

target models are here. Group and User.

```python
# -*- coding:utf-8 -*-
import sqlalchemy as sa
import sqlalchemy.orm as orm
from sqlalchemy.orm import declarative_base

Base = declarative_base()


class Group(Base):
    """model for test"""
    __tablename__ = "Group"

    pk = sa.Column(sa.Integer, primary_key=True, doc="primary key")
    name = sa.Column(sa.String(255), default="", nullable=False)


class User(Base):
    __tablename__ = "User"

    pk = sa.Column(sa.Integer, primary_key=True, doc="primary key")
    name = sa.Column(sa.String(255), default="", nullable=True)
    group_id = sa.Column(sa.Integer, sa.ForeignKey(Group.pk), nullable=False)
    group = orm.relationship(Group, uselist=False, backref="users")
```

#### NoForeignKeyWalker

```python
import pprint as pp
from sqlalchemy_schema.schema_factory import SchemaFactory
from sqlalchemy_schema.schema_factory import NoForeignKeyWalker

factory = SchemaFactory(NoForeignKeyWalker)
pp.pprint(factory(User))

"""
{'properties': {'name': {'maxLength': 255, 'type': 'string'},
                'pk': {'description': 'primary key', 'type': 'integer'}},
 'required': ['pk'],
 'title': 'User',
 'type': 'object'}
"""
```

#### ForeignKeyWalker

```python
import pprint as pp
from sqlalchemy_schema.schema_factory import SchemaFactory
from sqlalchemy_schema.schema_factory import ForeignKeyWalker

factory = SchemaFactory(ForeignKeyWalker)
pp.pprint(factory(User))

"""
{'properties': {'group_id': {'type': 'integer'},
                'name': {'maxLength': 255, 'type': 'string'},
                'pk': {'description': 'primary key', 'type': 'integer'}},
 'required': ['pk', 'group_id'],
 'title': 'User',
 'type': 'object'}
"""
```

#### StructuralWalker

```python
import pprint as pp
from sqlalchemy_schema.schema_factory import SchemaFactory
from sqlalchemy_schema.schema_factory import StructuralWalker

factory = SchemaFactory(StructuralWalker)
pp.pprint(factory(User))

"""
{'definitions': {'Group': {'properties': {'pk': {'description': 'primary key',
                                                 'type': 'integer'},
                                          'name': {'maxLength': 255,
                                                   'type': 'string'}},
                           'type': 'object'}},
 'properties': {'pk': {'description': 'primary key', 'type': 'integer'},
                'name': {'maxLength': 255, 'type': 'string'},
                'group': {'$ref': '#/definitions/Group'}},
 'required': ['pk'],
 'title': 'User',
 'type': 'object'}
"""

pp.pprint(factory(Group))

"""
{'definitions': {'User': {'properties': {'pk': {'description': 'primary key',
                                                'type': 'integer'},
                                         'name': {'maxLength': 255,
                                                  'type': 'string

'}},
                          'type': 'object'}},
 'description': 'model for test',
 'properties': {'pk': {'description': 'primary key', 'type': 'integer'},
                'name': {'maxLength': 255, 'type': 'string'},
                'users': {'items': {'$ref': '#/definitions/User'},
                          'type': 'array'}},
 'required': ['pk', 'name'],
 'title': 'Group',
 'type': 'object'}
```

## as command

using sqlalchemy_schema as command (the command name is also `sqlalchemy_schema`).

### help

```bash
$ sqlalchemy_schema --help
usage: sqlalchemy_schema [-h] [--walker {noforeignkey,foreignkey,structural}]
                         [--decision {default,fullset}] [--depth DEPTH]
                         [--out OUT]
                         target

positional arguments:
  target                the module or class to extract schemas from

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --walker {noforeignkey,foreignkey,structural}
  --decision {default,fullset}
  --depth DEPTH
  --out OUT             output to file
```

If above two model definitions (User,Group) are existed in `tests.models`.

Target is the class position or module position. for example,

- class position -- `tests.models:User`
- module position -- `tests.models`

#### example

Using StructuralWalker via command line (`--walker structural`).
Of course, NoForeignKeyWalker is noforeignkey, and ForeignKeyWalker is foreignkey.

```bash
$ sqlalchemy_schema --walker structural tests.models:Group

{
  "definitions": {
    "Group": {
      "properties": {
        "color": {
          "enum": [
            "red",
            "green",
            "yellow",
            "blue"
          ],
          "maxLength": 6,
          "type": "string"
        },
        "created_at": {
          "format": "date-time",
          "type": "string"
        },
        "name": {
          "maxLength": 255,
          "type": "string"
        },
        "pk": {
          "description": "primary key",
          "type": "integer"
        },
        "users": {
          "items": {
            "$ref": "#/definitions/User"
          },
          "type": "array"
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "pk"
      ],
      "title": "Group",
      "type": "object"
    },
    "User": {
      "properties": {
        "created_at": {
          "format": "date-time",
          "type": "string"
        },
        "name": {
          "maxLength": 255,
          "type": "string"
        },
        "pk": {
          "description": "primary key",
          "type": "integer"
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "pk"
      ],
      "type": "object"
    }
  }
}
```

Output is not same when using Walker-class, directly. This is handy output for something like a swagger(OpenAPI 2.0)'s tool.

### appendix: what is `--decision` ?

what is `--decision`? (TODO: gentle description)

```bash
$ sqlalchemy_schema --walker structural tests.models:User | jq . -S > /tmp/default.json
$ sqlalchemy_schema --decision useforeignkey --walker structural tests.models:User | jq . -S > /tmp/useforeignkey.json


$ diff -u /tmp/default.json /tmp/useforeignkey.json
```

```diff
--- /tmp/default.json    2017-01-02 22:49:44.000000000 +0900
+++ /tmp/useforeignkey.json    2017-01-02 22:53:13.000000000 +0900
@@ -1,43 +1,14 @@
 {
   "definitions": {
-    "Group": {
-      "properties": {
-        "color": {
-          "enum": [
-            "red",
-            "green",
-            "yellow",
-            "blue"
-          ],
-          "maxLength": 6,
-          "type": "string"
-        },
-        "created_at": {
-          "format": "date-time",
-          "type": "string"
-        },
-        "name": {
-          "maxLength": 255,
-          "type": "string"
-        },
-        "pk": {
-          "description": "primary key",
-          "type": "integer"
-        }
-      },
-      "required": [
-        "pk"
-      ],
-      "type": "object"
-    },
     "User": {
       "properties": {
         "created_at": {
           "format": "date-time",
           "type": "string"
         },
-        "group": {
-          "$ref": "#/definitions/Group"
+        "group_id": {
+          "relation": "group",
+          "type": "integer"
         },
         "name": {
           "maxLength": 255,
```