SQLAlchemyViz 0.4

Package to create ER diagrams from SQLAlchemy schemas using Graphviz.

SQLAlchemyViz

SQLAlchemyViz is a command line utility to create entity-relations diagrams from database schemas modeled with SQLAlchemy using Graphviz.

Requirements

Requires Graphviz installed on your machine and the SQLAlchemy and pydot packages.

License

SQLAlchemyViz is distributed under the MIT License.

Quickstart

Create an ER diagram from a sqlalchemy schema object.

positional arguments:

pkg.module:metadata Import path for the metadata identifier.

optional arguments:

-h, --help

show this help message and exit

-f FILE, --file FILE

Write diagram to specified file {default: diagram.pdf}.

-p PROG, --prog PROG

Name of the graphviz layout program to use {default: “dot”}. Other choices are: “dot”, “twopi”, “circo” or “fdp”.

-o OPTION, --opt OPTION

Where OPTION is e.g. “graph_bgcolor=red”. May be supplied multiple times.

-g GRAPHVIZ_PATH, --graphviz GRAPHVIZ_PATH

Path to folder containing the graphviz executables.

-i INCLUDE_TABLES, --include INCLUDE_TABLES

Include the given comma separated list of tables or classes. If omitted, create diagram for all.

-x EXCLUDE_TABLES, --exclude EXCLUDE_TABLES

Exclude the given comma separated list of tables or classes.

--sort-columns

Sort columns by whether they are primary or foreign keys and (case-insensitive) alphabetically.

--unique-relations

Draw relations between tables only once (if multiple foreign keys reference the same table).

--show-constraints

Show table constraints.

--max-cols MAX_COLS

Limit amount of columns shown per table.