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Django like models for NoSQL database Firestore Integrating with django's ORM.
https://github.com/sachnaror/django-firebase-orm

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# django-firebase-orm.

Django like models for NoSQL database Firestore Integrating with
django\'s ORM.

I made a few changes and improvements to suit my liking:

1. Created a second settings.py file in the root
of your django project to now only require that you define the
neccessary configurations in your project\'s settings module. *Note
that django is now an explicit dependency*

2. Created a new package for this app on pypi under
**django-firebase-orm**

It is my desire to continue the development of this project and thus
welcome all developers wishing to contribute via improving
documentation, bug fixes, test coverage, new features, etc.

Installation
------------

```shell
$ pip install django-firebase-orm
```

Initialize
----------

In your project settings add the following configuration variables

> settings.py
>
```python
FIREBASE_ORM_CERTIFICATE = 'path/to/serviceAccountKey.json'
FIREBASE_ORM_BUCKET_NAME = '.appspot.com'
```

FIREBASE_ORM_CERTIFICATE

: Once you have created a [Firebase
console](https://console.firebase.google.com/?authuser=0) project
and downloaded a JSON file with your service account credentials.

FIREBASE_ORM_BUCKET_NAME

: The bucket name must not contain gs:// or any other protocol
prefixes. For example, if the bucket URL displayed in the [Firebase
console](https://console.firebase.google.com/?authuser=0) is
gs://bucket-name.appspot.com, pass the string
bucket-name.appspot.com

Usage
-----

### Create model:

```python
from firebase_orm import models

class Article(models.Model):
headline = models.TextField()
type_article = models.TextField(db_column='type')

class Meta:
db_table = 'medications'

def __str__(self):
return self.headline
```

### Using The API:

**Creating objects**

To represent cloud firestore data in Python objects, FirebaseORM uses an
intuitive system: A *model* *class* represents a *collection*, and an
*instance* of that class represents a *document* in collection.

To create an object, instantiate it using keyword arguments to the model
class, then call save() to save it to the database.

```pycon
# Import the models we created
>>> from models import Article
# Create a new Article.
>>> a = Article(headline='Django is cool')
# Save the object into the database. You have to call save() explicitly.
>>> a.save()
```

**Retrieving all objects**

The simplest way to retrieve documents from a collections is to get all
of them. To do this, use the all() method on a Manager as you would in
normal django:

```pycon
>>> all_Article = Article.objects.all()
```

The all() method returns a list instance Article of all the collection
in the database.

```pycon
# Now it has an ID.
>>> a.id
1
# Fields are represented as attributes on the Python object.
>>> a.headline
'Django is cool'
```

**Saving changes to objects**

To save changes to an object that's already in the database, use save().

Given a Article instance a that has already been saved to the database,
this example changes its name and updates its record in the database:

```pycon
>>> a.headline = 'Django-Firebase-ORM is awesome'
>>> a.save()
```

This performs an document.update() method behind the scenes. FirebaseORM
doesn't hit the database until you explicitly call save().

```pycon
# Firebase ORM provides a rich database lookup API.
>>> Article.objects.get(id=1)

>>> Article.objects.get(id=2)
Traceback (most recent call last):
...
DoesNotExist: Article matching query does not exist.
```

Field options:
--------------

The following arguments are available to all field types. All are
optional.

**Field.db_column**

> If contains characters that aren't allowed in Python variable names --
> use db_column. The name of the firestore key in document to use for
> this field. If this isn't given, FirebaseORM will use the field's
> name.

Field types:
------------

### AutoField

**class AutoField()**

> By default, FirebaseORM gives each model the following field:
>

```python
id = models.AutoField(primary_key=True)
```

### TextField

**class TextField(**options)\*\*

> Text string Up to 1,048,487 bytes (1 MiB - 89 bytes). Only the first
> 1,500 bytes of the UTF-8 representation are considered by queries.
>
> TextField has not extra required argument.

Dependencies
------------

1. *firebase-admin*
2. *grpcio*
3. *django*

## Building from Source for Developers

```console
$ git clone https://github.com/sachnaror/django-firebase-orm
$ cd django-firebase-orm
```