hash_id= mechanism for setting ID using content hash, closes #13

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Simon Willison 2019-02-23 20:36:40 -08:00
commit dbf239e3fc
3 changed files with 93 additions and 7 deletions

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@ -121,6 +121,10 @@ If you want to explicitly set the order of the columns you can do so using the `
You don't need to pass all of the columns to the ``column_order`` parameter. If you only pass a subset of the columns the remaining columns will be ordered based on the key order of the dictionary.
After inserting a row like this, the ``dogs.last_rowid`` property will return the SQLite ``rowid`` assigned to the most recently inserted record.
The ``dogs.last_pk`` property will return the last inserted primary key value, if you specified one. This can be very useful when writing code that creates foreign key or many-to-many relationships.
Bulk inserts
============
@ -178,6 +182,31 @@ Note that the ``pk`` and ``column_order`` parameters here are optional if you ar
An ``upsert_all()`` method is also available, which behaves like ``insert_all()`` but performs upserts instead.
Setting an ID based on the hash of the row contents
===================================================
Sometimes you will find yourself working with a dataset that includes rows that do not have a provided obvious ID, but where you would like to assign one so that you can later upsert into that table without creating duplicate records.
In these cases, a useful technique is to create an ID that is derived from the sha1 hash of the row contents.
``sqlite-utils`` can do this for you using the ``hash_id=`` option. For example::
db = sqlite_utils.Database("dogs.db")
db["dogs"].upsert({"name": "Cleo", "twitter": "cleopaws"}, hash_id="id")
print(list(db["dogs]))
Outputs::
[{'id': 'f501265970505d9825d8d9f590bfab3519fb20b1', 'name': 'Cleo', 'twitter': 'cleopaws'}]
If you are going to use that ID straight away, you can access it using ``last_pk``::
dog_id = db["dogs"].upsert({
"name": "Cleo",
"twitter": "cleopaws"
}, hash_id="id").last_pk
# dog_id is now "f501265970505d9825d8d9f590bfab3519fb20b1"
Creating views
==============

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@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
import sqlite3
from collections import namedtuple
import datetime
import hashlib
import itertools
import json
import pathlib
@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ class Database:
return [dict(zip(keys, row)) for row in cursor.fetchall()]
def create_table(
self, name, columns, pk=None, foreign_keys=None, column_order=None
self, name, columns, pk=None, foreign_keys=None, column_order=None, hash_id=None
):
foreign_keys = foreign_keys or []
foreign_keys_by_name = {fk[0]: fk for fk in foreign_keys}
@ -62,6 +63,9 @@ class Database:
column_items.sort(
key=lambda p: column_order.index(p[0]) if p[0] in column_order else 999
)
if hash_id:
column_items.insert(0, (hash_id, str))
pk = hash_id
extra = ""
col_type_mapping = {
float: "FLOAT",
@ -216,7 +220,9 @@ class Table:
indexes.append(Index(**row))
return indexes
def create(self, columns, pk=None, foreign_keys=None, column_order=None):
def create(
self, columns, pk=None, foreign_keys=None, column_order=None, hash_id=None
):
columns = {name: value for (name, value) in columns.items()}
with self.db.conn:
self.db.create_table(
@ -225,6 +231,7 @@ class Table:
pk=pk,
foreign_keys=foreign_keys,
column_order=column_order,
hash_id=hash_id,
)
self.exists = True
return self
@ -358,7 +365,13 @@ class Table:
return self.db.conn.execute(sql, (q,)).fetchall()
def insert(
self, record, pk=None, foreign_keys=None, upsert=False, column_order=None
self,
record,
pk=None,
foreign_keys=None,
upsert=False,
column_order=None,
hash_id=None,
):
return self.insert_all(
[record],
@ -366,6 +379,7 @@ class Table:
foreign_keys=foreign_keys,
upsert=upsert,
column_order=column_order,
hash_id=hash_id,
)
def insert_all(
@ -376,12 +390,14 @@ class Table:
upsert=False,
batch_size=100,
column_order=None,
hash_id=None,
):
"""
Like .insert() but takes a list of records and ensures that the table
that it creates (if table does not exist) has columns for ALL of that
data
"""
assert not (hash_id and pk), "Use either pk= or hash_id="
all_columns = None
first = True
for chunk in chunks(records, batch_size):
@ -394,11 +410,14 @@ class Table:
pk,
foreign_keys,
column_order=column_order,
hash_id=hash_id,
)
all_columns = set()
for record in chunk:
all_columns.update(record.keys())
all_columns = list(sorted(all_columns))
if hash_id:
all_columns.insert(0, hash_id)
first = False
sql = """
INSERT {upsert} INTO [{table}] ({columns}) VALUES {rows};
@ -418,24 +437,44 @@ class Table:
values = []
for record in chunk:
values.extend(
jsonify_if_needed(record.get(key, None)) for key in all_columns
jsonify_if_needed(
record.get(key, None if key != hash_id else _hash(record))
)
for key in all_columns
)
with self.db.conn:
result = self.db.conn.execute(sql, values)
self.last_id = result.lastrowid
self.last_rowid = result.lastrowid
self.lash_pk = None
if hash_id or pk:
self.last_pk = self.db.conn.execute(
"select [{}] from [{}] where rowid = ?".format(
hash_id or pk, self.name
),
(self.last_rowid,),
).fetchone()[0]
return self
def upsert(self, record, pk=None, foreign_keys=None, column_order=None):
def upsert(
self, record, pk=None, foreign_keys=None, column_order=None, hash_id=None
):
return self.insert(
record,
pk=pk,
foreign_keys=foreign_keys,
upsert=True,
column_order=column_order,
hash_id=hash_id,
)
def upsert_all(
self, records, pk=None, foreign_keys=None, column_order=None, batch_size=100
self,
records,
pk=None,
foreign_keys=None,
column_order=None,
batch_size=100,
hash_id=None,
):
return self.insert_all(
records,
@ -444,6 +483,7 @@ class Table:
column_order=column_order,
batch_size=100,
upsert=True,
hash_id=hash_id,
)
@ -458,3 +498,9 @@ def jsonify_if_needed(value):
return json.dumps(value)
else:
return value
def _hash(record):
return hashlib.sha1(
json.dumps(record, separators=(",", ":"), sort_keys=True).encode("utf8")
).hexdigest()

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@ -206,6 +206,17 @@ def test_insert_thousands_ignores_extra_columns_after_first_100(fresh_db):
assert [{"i": 101, "word": None}] == rows
def test_insert_hash_id(fresh_db):
dogs = fresh_db["dogs"]
id = dogs.upsert({"name": "Cleo", "twitter": "cleopaws"}, hash_id="id").last_pk
assert "f501265970505d9825d8d9f590bfab3519fb20b1" == id
assert 1 == dogs.count
# Upserting a second time should not create a new row
id2 = dogs.upsert({"name": "Cleo", "twitter": "cleopaws"}, hash_id="id").last_pk
assert "f501265970505d9825d8d9f590bfab3519fb20b1" == id2
assert 1 == dogs.count
def test_create_view(fresh_db):
fresh_db["data"].insert({"foo": "foo", "bar": "bar"})
fresh_db.create_view("bar", "select bar from data")