postgrest-py

PostgREST client for Python. This library provides an "ORM-like" interface to PostgREST.

INSTALLATION

Requirements

Python >= 3.9
PostgreSQL >= 13
PostgREST >= 11

Local PostgREST server

If you want to use a local PostgREST server for development, you can use our preconfigured instance via Docker Compose.

docker-compose up

Once Docker Compose started, PostgREST is accessible at http://localhost:3000.

Instructions

With uv (recommended)

uv add postgrest

With Pip

pip install postgrest

USAGE

Getting started

import asyncio
from postgrest import AsyncPostgrestClient

async def main():
    async with AsyncPostgrestClient("http://localhost:3000") as client:
        r = await client.from_("countries").select("*").execute()
        countries = r.data

asyncio.run(main())

Create

await client.from_("countries").insert({ "name": "Việt Nam", "capital": "Hà Nội" }).execute()

Read

r = await client.from_("countries").select("id", "name").execute()
countries = r.data

Update

await client.from_("countries").update({"capital": "Hà Nội"}).eq("name", "Việt Nam").execute()

Delete

await client.from_("countries").delete().eq("name", "Việt Nam").execute()

General filters

Stored procedures (RPC)

await client.rpc("foobar", {"arg1": "value1", "arg2": "value2"}).execute()

CHANGELOG

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