# Algen
Algen generates opionated ORM classes for sqlalchemy given a simple schema
either as a commandline string or as a yaml file.
It is designed to have minimal dependencies and is trivially extensible.
A command line tool is bundled along to help generate the models.
For DB specific types, only postgres is currently supported.
The tool currently assumes that sqlalchemy's declarative base object
is to be imported like ```from .alchemy_base import Base```
### CLI
```bash
$ algen --help
Usage: algen [OPTIONS]
Options:
  -n, --name TEXT         Name of model
  -c, --columns TEXT      Column definition. e.g. col_name:col_type Can be
                          used multiple times hence named columns. e.g. -c
                          foo:Int -c bar:Unicode(20)
  -d, --destination PATH  Destination directory. Default will assume 'Models'
                          directory inside the current working directory
  -y, --yaml PATH         Yaml file describing the Model. This supersedes the
                          column definition provided through --columns option.
  --help                  Show this message and exit.
```
Given a file as follows:
```yaml
Person:
  columns:
    - name: id
      type: BigInteger
      primary_key: True
      auto_increment: True
    - name: name
      type: Unicode(255)
    - name: is_vip
      type: Boolean
    - name: created_at
      type: DateTime(timezone=True)
Address:
  columns:
    - name: id
      type: BigInteger
      primary_key: True
      auto_increment: True
    - name: line1
      type: Unicode()
    - name: line2
      type: Unicode()
    - name: line3
      type: Unicode()
    - name: postcode
      type: Unicode(10)
      index: True
```
The cli tool will create two the following two files ```Person.py```  and  ```Address.py```.
```python
from __future__ import unicode_literals, absolute_import, print_function
from collections import namedtuple
from sqlalchemy import Column, DateTime, Boolean, Unicode, BigInteger
from .alchemy_base import Base
__author__ = 'danishabdullah'
class Person(Base):
    __tablename__ = 'persons'
    id = Column(BigInteger, primary_key=True, auto_increment=True)
    name = Column(Unicode(255), )
    is_vip = Column(Boolean, )
    created_at = Column(DateTime(timezone=True), )
    def __init__(self, id=None, name=None, is_vip=None, created_at=None):
        self.id = id
        self.name = name
        self.is_vip = is_vip
        self.created_at = created_at
    def add(self, session):
        session.add(self)
    def update(self, name=None, is_vip=None, created_at=None):
        # This function only updates a value if it is not None.
        # Falsy values go through in the normal way.
        # To set things to None use the usual syntax:
        #    Person.column_name = None
        if name is not None:
            self.name = name
        if is_vip is not None:
            self.is_vip = is_vip
        if created_at is not None:
            self.created_at = created_at
    def delete(self, session):
        session.delete(self)
    def to_dict(self):
        return {x: y for x, y in self.__dict__.items() if not x.startswith("_sa")}
    def get_proxy_cls(self):
        # PersonProxy is useful when you want to persist data
        # independent of the sqlalchemy session. It's just a namedtuple
        # that has very low memory/cpu footprint compared the regular
        # orm class instances.
        keys = self.to_dict().keys()
        name = "PersonProxy"
        return namedtuple(name, keys)
    def to_proxy(self):
        # Proxy-ing is useful when you want to persist data
        # independent of the sqlalchemy session. It's just a namedtuple
        # that has very low memory/cpu footprint compared the regular
        # orm class instances.
        cls = self._get_proxy_cls()
        return cls(**self.to_dict())
    @classmethod
    def from_proxy(cls, proxy):
        return cls(**proxy._asdict())
    def __hash__(self):
        return hash(str(self.id))
    def __eq__(self, other):
        return (self.id == other.id)
    def __neq__(self, other):
        return not (self.id == other.id)
    def __str__(self):
        return "<Person: {id}>".format(id=self.id)
    def __unicode__(self):
        return "<Person: {id}>".format(id=self.id)
    def __repr__(self):
        return "<Person: {id}>".format(id=self.id)
```
```python
from __future__ import unicode_literals, absolute_import, print_function
from collections import namedtuple
from sqlalchemy import Column, Unicode, BigInteger
from .alchemy_base import Base
__author__ = 'danishabdullah'
class Address(Base):
    __tablename__ = 'addresses'
    id = Column(BigInteger, primary_key=True, auto_increment=True)
    line1 = Column(Unicode(), )
    line2 = Column(Unicode(), )
    line3 = Column(Unicode(), )
    postcode = Column(Unicode(10), index=True)
    def __init__(self, id=None, line1=None, line2=None, line3=None, postcode=None):
        self.id = id
        self.line1 = line1
        self.line2 = line2
        self.line3 = line3
        self.postcode = postcode
    def add(self, session):
        session.add(self)
    def update(self, line1=None, line2=None, line3=None, postcode=None):
        # This function only updates a value if it is not None.
        # Falsy values go through in the normal way.
        # To set things to None use the usual syntax:
        #    Address.column_name = None
        if line1 is not None:
            self.line1 = line1
        if line2 is not None:
            self.line2 = line2
        if line3 is not None:
            self.line3 = line3
        if postcode is not None:
            self.postcode = postcode
    def delete(self, session):
        session.delete(self)
    def to_dict(self):
        return {x: y for x, y in self.__dict__.items() if not x.startswith("_sa")}
    def get_proxy_cls(self):
        # AddressProxy is useful when you want to persist data
        # independent of the sqlalchemy session. It's just a namedtuple
        # that has very low memory/cpu footprint compared the regular
        # orm class instances.
        keys = self.to_dict().keys()
        name = "AddressProxy"
        return namedtuple(name, keys)
    def to_proxy(self):
        # Proxy-ing is useful when you want to persist data
        # independent of the sqlalchemy session. It's just a namedtuple
        # that has very low memory/cpu footprint compared the regular
        # orm class instances.
        cls = self._get_proxy_cls()
        return cls(**self.to_dict())
    @classmethod
    def from_proxy(cls, proxy):
        return cls(**proxy._asdict())
    def __hash__(self):
        return hash(str(self.id))
    def __eq__(self, other):
        return (self.id == other.id)
    def __neq__(self, other):
        return not (self.id == other.id)
    def __str__(self):
        return "<Address: {id}>".format(id=self.id)
    def __unicode__(self):
        return "<Address: {id}>".format(id=self.id)
    def __repr__(self):
        return "<Address: {id}>".format(id=self.id)
```