sqlmodel-fix/docs/tutorial/many-to-many/create-models-with-link.md
Sebastián Ramírez 9141c8a920
Add source examples for Python 3.10 and 3.9 with updated syntax (#842)
Co-authored-by: Esteban Maya Cadavid <emayacadavid9@gmail.com>
2024-03-21 17:49:38 -05:00

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# Create Models with a Many-to-Many Link
We'll now support **many-to-many** relationships using a **link table** like this:
<img alt="many-to-many table relationships" src="/img/tutorial/many-to-many/many-to-many.svg">
Let's start by defining the class models, including the **link table** model.
## Link Table Model
As we want to support a **many-to-many** relationship, now we need a **link table** to connect them.
We can create it just as any other **SQLModel**:
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```Python hl_lines="4-6"
{!./docs_src/tutorial/many_to_many/tutorial001_py310.py[ln:1-6]!}
# Code below omitted 👇
```
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```Python hl_lines="6-12"
{!./docs_src/tutorial/many_to_many/tutorial001_py39.py[ln:1-12]!}
# Code below omitted 👇
```
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```Python hl_lines="6-12"
{!./docs_src/tutorial/many_to_many/tutorial001.py[ln:1-12]!}
# Code below omitted 👇
```
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/// details | 👀 Full file preview
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```Python
{!./docs_src/tutorial/many_to_many/tutorial001_py310.py!}
```
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```Python
{!./docs_src/tutorial/many_to_many/tutorial001_py39.py!}
```
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```Python
{!./docs_src/tutorial/many_to_many/tutorial001.py!}
```
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///
This is a **SQLModel** class model table like any other.
It has two fields, `team_id` and `hero_id`.
They are both **foreign keys** to their respective tables. We'll create those models in a second, but you already know how that works.
And **both fields are primary keys**. We hadn't used this before. 🤓
## Team Model
Let's see the `Team` model, it's almost identical as before, but with a little change:
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```Python hl_lines="8"
# Code above omitted 👆
{!./docs_src/tutorial/many_to_many/tutorial001_py310.py[ln:9-14]!}
# Code below omitted 👇
```
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```Python hl_lines="8"
# Code above omitted 👆
{!./docs_src/tutorial/many_to_many/tutorial001_py39.py[ln:15-20]!}
# Code below omitted 👇
```
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```Python hl_lines="8"
# Code above omitted 👆
{!./docs_src/tutorial/many_to_many/tutorial001.py[ln:15-20]!}
# Code below omitted 👇
```
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/// details | 👀 Full file preview
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```Python
{!./docs_src/tutorial/many_to_many/tutorial001_py310.py!}
```
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```Python
{!./docs_src/tutorial/many_to_many/tutorial001_py39.py!}
```
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```Python
{!./docs_src/tutorial/many_to_many/tutorial001.py!}
```
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The **relationship attribute `heroes`** is still a list of heroes, annotated as `List["Hero"]`. Again, we use `"Hero"` in quotes because we haven't declared that class yet by this point in the code (but as you know, editors and **SQLModel** understand that).
We use the same **`Relationship()`** function.
We use **`back_populates="teams"`**. Before we referenced an attribute `team`, but as now we can have many, we'll rename it to `teams` when creating the `Hero` model.
And here's the important part to allow the **many-to-many** relationship, we use **`link_model=HeroTeamLink`**. That's it. ✨
## Hero Model
Let's see the other side, here's the `Hero` model:
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```Python hl_lines="9"
# Code above omitted 👆
{!./docs_src/tutorial/many_to_many/tutorial001_py310.py[ln:17-23]!}
# Code below omitted 👇
```
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```Python hl_lines="9"
# Code above omitted 👆
{!./docs_src/tutorial/many_to_many/tutorial001_py39.py[ln:23-29]!}
# Code below omitted 👇
```
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```Python hl_lines="9"
# Code above omitted 👆
{!./docs_src/tutorial/many_to_many/tutorial001.py[ln:23-29]!}
# Code below omitted 👇
```
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/// details | 👀 Full file preview
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```Python
{!./docs_src/tutorial/many_to_many/tutorial001_py310.py!}
```
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```Python
{!./docs_src/tutorial/many_to_many/tutorial001_py39.py!}
```
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```Python
{!./docs_src/tutorial/many_to_many/tutorial001.py!}
```
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///
We **removed** the previous `team_id` field (column) because now the relationship is done via the link table. 🔥
The relationship attribute is now named **`teams`** instead of `team`, as now we support multiple teams.
It is no longer an `Optional[Team]` but a list of teams, annotated as **`List[Team]`**.
We are using the **`Relationship()`** here too.
We still have **`back_populates="heroes"`** as before.
And now we have a **`link_model=HeroTeamLink`**. ✨
## Create the Tables
The same as before, we will have the rest of the code to create the **engine**, and a function to create all the tables `create_db_and_tables()`.
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```Python hl_lines="9"
# Code above omitted 👆
{!./docs_src/tutorial/many_to_many/tutorial001_py310.py[ln:26-33]!}
# Code below omitted 👇
```
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```Python hl_lines="9"
# Code above omitted 👆
{!./docs_src/tutorial/many_to_many/tutorial001_py39.py[ln:32-39]!}
# Code below omitted 👇
```
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```Python hl_lines="9"
# Code above omitted 👆
{!./docs_src/tutorial/many_to_many/tutorial001.py[ln:32-39]!}
# Code below omitted 👇
```
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/// details | 👀 Full file preview
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```Python
{!./docs_src/tutorial/many_to_many/tutorial001_py310.py!}
```
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```Python
{!./docs_src/tutorial/many_to_many/tutorial001_py39.py!}
```
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```Python
{!./docs_src/tutorial/many_to_many/tutorial001.py!}
```
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And as in previous examples, we will add that function to a function `main()`, and we will call that `main()` function in the main block:
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```Python hl_lines="4"
# Code above omitted 👆
{!./docs_src/tutorial/many_to_many/tutorial001_py310.py[ln:72-73]!}
# We will do more stuff here later 👈
{!./docs_src/tutorial/many_to_many/tutorial001_py310.py[ln:77-78]!}
```
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```Python hl_lines="4"
# Code above omitted 👆
{!./docs_src/tutorial/many_to_many/tutorial001_py39.py[ln:78-79]!}
# We will do more stuff here later 👈
{!./docs_src/tutorial/many_to_many/tutorial001_py39.py[ln:83-84]!}
```
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```Python hl_lines="4"
# Code above omitted 👆
{!./docs_src/tutorial/many_to_many/tutorial001.py[ln:78-79]!}
# We will do more stuff here later 👈
{!./docs_src/tutorial/many_to_many/tutorial001.py[ln:83-84]!}
```
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/// details | 👀 Full file preview
//// tab | Python 3.10+
```Python
{!./docs_src/tutorial/many_to_many/tutorial001_py310.py!}
```
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//// tab | Python 3.9+
```Python
{!./docs_src/tutorial/many_to_many/tutorial001_py39.py!}
```
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```Python
{!./docs_src/tutorial/many_to_many/tutorial001.py!}
```
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///
## Run the Code
If you run the code in the command line, it would output:
<div class="termy">
```console
$ python app.py
// Boilerplate omitted 😉
INFO Engine
CREATE TABLE team (
id INTEGER,
name VARCHAR NOT NULL,
headquarters VARCHAR NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (id)
)
INFO Engine [no key 0.00033s] ()
INFO Engine
CREATE TABLE hero (
id INTEGER,
name VARCHAR NOT NULL,
secret_name VARCHAR NOT NULL,
age INTEGER,
PRIMARY KEY (id)
)
INFO Engine [no key 0.00016s] ()
INFO Engine
// Our shinny new link table ✨
CREATE TABLE heroteamlink (
team_id INTEGER,
hero_id INTEGER,
PRIMARY KEY (team_id, hero_id),
FOREIGN KEY(team_id) REFERENCES team (id),
FOREIGN KEY(hero_id) REFERENCES hero (id)
)
INFO Engine [no key 0.00031s] ()
INFO Engine COMMIT
```
</div>
## Recap
We can support **many-to-many** relationships between tables by declaring a link table.
We can create it the same way as with other **SQLModel** classes, and then use it in the `link_model` parameter to `Relationship()`.
Now let's work with data using these models in the next chapters. 🤓