django-tortoise

This python package is the simplest way to use Tortoise ORM in an existing (maybe not) Django project that uses sqlite or PostgreSQL databases

Features

• Saving all Django ORM advantages (migrations - the biggest one)
• Monkey patching existing Django models with generated on-the-fly Tortoise ORM models
• Generated Tortoise ORM models have the same behavior as Django models (fields behavior)
• Support all Django models fields and validators added to them (except FileFiled, FilePathField, ImageField)
• Support default database only (DATABASES['default'] from the setting.py)
• You can use Django models or Tortoise ORM models when you want (use Django models when it's more suitable than usage of Tortoise ORM models)
• There are enough limitations that are not described here, so most likely some thing is not supported (pre-alpha release =)
• Easy to use - just one line of code... Okay, two ;)

Quickstart

Install django-tortoise:

pip install django-tortoise

Modify the asgi.py in the main Django project folder:

import os

from django.core.asgi import get_asgi_application
from django_tortoise import get_boosted_asgi_application  # first line

os.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE', 'proj.settings')

application = get_asgi_application()

# get_boosted_asgi_application function monkey patch all registered apps models;
# each model will has abjects attribute (the objects attribute was not modified),
# which is a Tortoise model actually
application = get_boosted_asgi_application(application)  # second line

Now you can use all valid Tortoise ORM queries via <model>.abjects attribute:

await ModelA.abjects.get(id=id)

Running Tests

$ tox