sqlalchemy GUID

This is a simple extension to SQLAlchemy that adds support for UUID with postgresql compatibility to other database dialects.

Installation

pip install sqlalchemy_guid

Usage

Basically, you just need to import the GUID type and use it in your models:

    import uuid
    from sqlalchemy.ext.declarative import declarative_base
    from sqlalchemy import Column, Integer
    from sqlalchemy_guid import GUID

    Base = declarative_base()

    class User(Base):
        __tablename__ = 'users'
        id = Column(Integer, primary_key=True)
        guid = Column(GUID, default=uuid.uuid4)

For postgresql it will use the native uuid type, for other database dialects it will use a CHAR(32), storing as stringified hex values.

Now, when you create a new user, the guid will be automatically generated:

    user = User()
    session.add(user)
    session.commit()
    print(user.guid)

It will also work with other database dialects, such as sqlite:

    from sqlalchemy import create_engine
    engine = create_engine('sqlite:///:memory:')
    Base.metadata.create_all(engine)

    session = Session(engine)
    user = User()
    session.add(user)
    session.commit()
    print(user.guid)

More sqlite examples can be found in the tests.

License

MIT