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<h1 id="model">Model<a class="headerlink" href="#model" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h1>
<p>Models are the Swift representations of the data in your database. As such, they are central to most of Fluent's APIs. </p>
<p>This guide is an overview of the protocol requirements and methods associated with models.</p>
<div class="admonition seealso">
<p class="admonition-title">Seealso</p>
<p>Check out the <a href="../getting-started/">getting started</a> guide for an introductory overview on using models.</p>
</div>
<h2 id="crud">CRUD<a class="headerlink" href="#crud" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h2>
<p>Models have several basic methods for creating, reading, updating, and deleting.</p>
<h3 id="save">Save<a class="headerlink" href="#save" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
<p>Persists the entity into the data store and sets the <code>id</code> property.</p>
<div class="codehilite"><pre><span></span><span class="kd">let</span> <span class="nv">pet</span> <span class="p">=</span> <span class="n">Pet</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">name</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">&quot;Spud&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">age</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="mi">2</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="k">try</span> <span class="n">pet</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">save</span><span class="p">()</span>
</pre></div>
<h3 id="find">Find<a class="headerlink" href="#find" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
<p>Finds the model with the supplied identifier or returns <code>nil</code>.</p>
<div class="codehilite"><pre><span></span><span class="k">guard</span> <span class="kd">let</span> <span class="nv">pet</span> <span class="p">=</span> <span class="k">try</span> <span class="n">Pets</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="bp">find</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">42</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="k">else</span> <span class="p">{</span>
<span class="k">throw</span> <span class="n">Abort</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">notFound</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
<span class="bp">print</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">pet</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">name</span><span class="p">)</span>
</pre></div>
<h3 id="delete">Delete<a class="headerlink" href="#delete" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
<p>Deletes the entity from the data store if the entity has previously been fetched or saved.</p>
<div class="codehilite"><pre><span></span><span class="k">try</span> <span class="n">pet</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">delete</span><span class="p">()</span>
</pre></div>
<h3 id="all">All<a class="headerlink" href="#all" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
<p>Returns all entities for this model.</p>
<div class="codehilite"><pre><span></span><span class="k">for</span> <span class="n">pet</span> <span class="k">in</span> <span class="k">try</span> <span class="n">Pets</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">all</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="p">{</span>
<span class="bp">print</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">pet</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">name</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
</pre></div>
<h3 id="count">Count<a class="headerlink" href="#count" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
<p>Returns a count of all entities for this model.</p>
<div class="codehilite"><pre><span></span><span class="kd">let</span> <span class="nv">count</span> <span class="p">=</span> <span class="k">try</span> <span class="n">Pets</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="bp">count</span><span class="p">()</span>
</pre></div>
<h3 id="chunk">Chunk<a class="headerlink" href="#chunk" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
<p>Returns chunked arrays of a supplied size for all of the entities for this model.</p>
<p>This is a great way to parse through all models of a large data set.</p>
<div class="codehilite"><pre><span></span><span class="k">try</span> <span class="n">Pets</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">chunk</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">20</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="p">{</span> <span class="n">pets</span> <span class="k">in</span>
<span class="c1">//</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
</pre></div>
<h3 id="query">Query<a class="headerlink" href="#query" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
<p>Creates a <code>Query</code> instance for this <code>Model</code>.</p>
<div class="codehilite"><pre><span></span><span class="kd">let</span> <span class="nv">query</span> <span class="p">=</span> <span class="k">try</span> <span class="n">Pet</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">makeQuery</span><span class="p">()</span>
</pre></div>
<p>To learn more about crafting complex queries, see the <a href="../query/">query</a> section.</p>
<h2 id="timestamps">Timestamps<a class="headerlink" href="#timestamps" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h2>
<p>To add timestamps to your model, simply conform it to <code>Timestampable</code>.</p>
<div class="codehilite"><pre><span></span><span class="kd">extension</span> <span class="nc">User</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="n">Timestampable</span> <span class="p">{</span> <span class="p">}</span>
</pre></div>
<p>You can access the updated at and created at times on any model instance.</p>
<div class="codehilite"><pre><span></span><span class="n">user</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">updatedAt</span> <span class="c1">// Date?</span>
<span class="n">user</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">createdAt</span> <span class="c1">// Date?</span>
</pre></div>
<p>When filtering or sorting on the timestamp data, you can use the timestamp keys from the class.</p>
<div class="codehilite"><pre><span></span><span class="kd">let</span> <span class="nv">newUsers</span> <span class="p">=</span> <span class="k">try</span> <span class="n">User</span>
<span class="p">.</span><span class="n">makeQuery</span><span class="p">()</span>
<span class="p">.</span><span class="bp">filter</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">User</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">createdAtKey</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="p">.</span><span class="n">greaterThan</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="p">...)</span>
<span class="p">.</span><span class="n">all</span><span class="p">()</span>
</pre></div>
<p>You can also override the timestamp keys if you have custom needs.</p>
<div class="codehilite"><pre><span></span><span class="kd">extension</span> <span class="nc">User</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="n">Timestampable</span> <span class="p">{</span>
<span class="kd">static</span> <span class="kd">var</span> <span class="nv">updatedAtKey</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="nb">String</span> <span class="p">{</span> <span class="k">return</span> <span class="s">&quot;custom_updated_at&quot;</span> <span class="p">}</span>
<span class="kd">static</span> <span class="kd">var</span> <span class="nv">createdAtKey</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="nb">String</span> <span class="p">{</span> <span class="k">return</span> <span class="s">&quot;custom_created_at&quot;</span> <span class="p">}</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
</pre></div>
<h3 id="migration">Migration<a class="headerlink" href="#migration" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
<p><code>Timestampable</code> models will automatically have created at and updated at keys added during
<a href="../database/#Create">database create</a> calls.</p>
<p>Should you need to manually add <code>Timestampable</code> to an existing model, you can use the <code>date()</code> method
in a <a href="../database/#Migrations">migration</a>.</p>
<div class="codehilite"><pre><span></span><span class="n">database</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">modify</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">User</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="kc">self</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="p">{</span> <span class="n">builder</span> <span class="k">in</span>
<span class="n">builder</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">date</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">User</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">createdAtKey</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="n">builder</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">date</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">User</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">updatedAtKey</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
</pre></div>
<h2 id="soft-delete">Soft Delete<a class="headerlink" href="#soft-delete" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h2>
<p>Soft delete is a way of "deleting" a model from all fetch and update queries to Fluent but not actually deleting the model from the database. Soft deleted models can also be restored. </p>
<p>To make your model soft deletable, simply conform it to <code>SoftDeletable</code>.</p>
<div class="codehilite"><pre><span></span><span class="kd">extension</span> <span class="nc">User</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="n">SoftDeletable</span> <span class="p">{</span> <span class="p">}</span>
</pre></div>
<p>Once your model is soft deletable, all calls to <code>delete()</code> will set the deleted at flag instead of actually
deleting the model.</p>
<p>To restore a model, call <code>.restore()</code>. To actually delete a model from the database, call <code>.forceDelete()</code>.</p>
<p>You can also override the soft delete key if you have custom needs.</p>
<div class="codehilite"><pre><span></span><span class="kd">extension</span> <span class="nc">User</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="n">SoftDeletable</span> <span class="p">{</span>
<span class="kd">static</span> <span class="kd">var</span> <span class="nv">deletedAtKey</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="nb">String</span> <span class="p">{</span> <span class="k">return</span> <span class="s">&quot;custom_deleted_at&quot;</span> <span class="p">}</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
</pre></div>
<h3 id="including-deleted">Including Deleted<a class="headerlink" href="#including-deleted" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
<p>When a model is soft deleted, it will be affected by any queries made with the Fluent query builder.</p>
<p>To include soft deleted models, for instance if you want to restore them, use the <code>.withSoftDeleted()</code> method
on the query builder.</p>
<div class="codehilite"><pre><span></span><span class="kd">let</span> <span class="nv">allUsers</span> <span class="p">=</span> <span class="k">try</span> <span class="n">User</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">makeQuery</span><span class="p">().</span><span class="n">withSoftDeleted</span><span class="p">().</span><span class="n">all</span><span class="p">()</span>
</pre></div>
<h3 id="lifecycle">Lifecycle<a class="headerlink" href="#lifecycle" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
<p>You can hook into the soft delete events of a model.</p>
<div class="codehilite"><pre><span></span><span class="kd">extension</span> <span class="nc">User</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="n">SoftDeletable</span> <span class="p">{</span>
<span class="kd">func</span> <span class="nf">willSoftDelete</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="kr">throws</span> <span class="p">{</span> <span class="p">...</span> <span class="p">}</span>
<span class="kd">func</span> <span class="nf">didSoftDelete</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="p">{</span> <span class="p">...</span> <span class="p">}</span>
<span class="kd">func</span> <span class="nf">willForceDelete</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="kr">throws</span> <span class="p">{</span> <span class="p">...</span> <span class="p">}</span>
<span class="kd">func</span> <span class="nf">didForceDelete</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="p">{</span> <span class="p">...</span> <span class="p">}</span>
<span class="kd">func</span> <span class="nf">willRestore</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="kr">throws</span> <span class="p">{</span> <span class="p">...</span> <span class="p">}</span>
<span class="kd">func</span> <span class="nf">didRestore</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="p">{</span> <span class="p">...</span> <span class="p">}</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
</pre></div>
<div class="admonition note">
<p class="admonition-title">Note</p>
<p>Throwing during a <code>will</code> hook will prevent the action from happening.</p>
</div>
<h3 id="migration_1">Migration<a class="headerlink" href="#migration_1" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
<p><code>SoftDeletable</code> models will automatically have a deleted at key added during
<a href="../database/#create">database create</a> calls.</p>
<p>Should you need to manually add <code>SoftDeletable</code> to an existing model, you can use the <code>date()</code> method
in a <a href="../database/#migrations">migration</a>.</p>
<div class="codehilite"><pre><span></span><span class="n">database</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">modify</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">User</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="kc">self</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="p">{</span> <span class="n">builder</span> <span class="k">in</span>
<span class="n">builder</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">date</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">User</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">deletedAtKey</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="kr">optional</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="kc">true</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
</pre></div>
<h2 id="convenience">Convenience<a class="headerlink" href="#convenience" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h2>
<h3 id="assert-exists">Assert Exists<a class="headerlink" href="#assert-exists" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
<p>The identifier property of a model is optional since models may not have been saved yet.</p>
<p>You can get the identifier or throw an error if the model has not been saved yet by calling <code>assertExists()</code>.</p>
<div class="codehilite"><pre><span></span><span class="kd">let</span> <span class="nv">id</span> <span class="p">=</span> <span class="k">try</span> <span class="n">pet</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">assertExists</span><span class="p">()</span>
<span class="bp">print</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">id</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="c1">// not optional</span>
</pre></div>
<h2 id="life-cycle">Life Cycle<a class="headerlink" href="#life-cycle" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h2>
<p>The following life-cycle methods can be implemented on your model to hook into internal operations.</p>
<div class="codehilite"><pre><span></span><span class="c1">/// Called before the entity will be created.</span>
<span class="c1">/// Throwing will cancel the creation.</span>
<span class="kd">func</span> <span class="nf">willCreate</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="kr">throws</span>
<span class="c1">/// Called after the entity has been created.</span>
<span class="kd">func</span> <span class="nf">didCreate</span><span class="p">()</span>
<span class="c1">/// Called before the entity will be updated.</span>
<span class="c1">/// Throwing will cancel the update.</span>
<span class="kd">func</span> <span class="nf">willUpdate</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="kr">throws</span>
<span class="c1">/// Called after the entity has been updated.</span>
<span class="kd">func</span> <span class="nf">didUpdate</span><span class="p">()</span>
<span class="c1">/// Called before the entity will be deleted.</span>
<span class="c1">/// Throwing will cancel the deletion.</span>
<span class="kd">func</span> <span class="nf">willDelete</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="kr">throws</span>
<span class="c1">/// Called after the entity has been deleted.</span>
<span class="kd">func</span> <span class="nf">didDelete</span><span class="p">()</span>
</pre></div>
<div class="admonition note">
<p class="admonition-title">Note</p>
<p>Throwing in a <code>willFoo()</code> method will cancel the operation.</p>
</div>
<p>Here's an example of implementing the <code>didDelete</code> method.</p>
<div class="codehilite"><pre><span></span><span class="kr">final</span> <span class="kd">class</span> <span class="nc">Pet</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="n">Model</span> <span class="p">{</span>
<span class="p">...</span>
<span class="kd">func</span> <span class="nf">didDelete</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="p">{</span>
<span class="bp">print</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">&quot;Deleted </span><span class="si">\(</span><span class="n">name</span><span class="si">)</span><span class="s">&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
</pre></div>
<h2 id="entity">Entity<a class="headerlink" href="#entity" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h2>
<p>Entity is the base Fluent protocol that Model conforms to. It is responsible for providing all information the
database or query may need when saving, fetching, or deleting your models.</p>
<h3 id="name">Name<a class="headerlink" href="#name" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
<p>The singular relational name of this model. Also used for internal storage. Example: Pet = "pet".</p>
<p>This value should usually not be overriden. </p>
<div class="codehilite"><pre><span></span><span class="kr">final</span> <span class="kd">class</span> <span class="nc">Pet</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="n">Model</span> <span class="p">{</span>
<span class="kd">static</span> <span class="kd">let</span> <span class="nv">name</span> <span class="p">=</span> <span class="s">&quot;pet&quot;</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
</pre></div>
<h3 id="entity_1">Entity<a class="headerlink" href="#entity_1" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
<p>The plural relational name of this model. Used as the collection or table name. </p>
<p>Example: Pet = "pets".</p>
<p>This value should be overriden if the table name for your model is non-standard.</p>
<div class="codehilite"><pre><span></span><span class="kr">final</span> <span class="kd">class</span> <span class="nc">Pet</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="n">Model</span> <span class="p">{</span>
<span class="kd">static</span> <span class="kd">let</span> <span class="nv">entity</span> <span class="p">=</span> <span class="s">&quot;pets&quot;</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
</pre></div>
<h3 id="id-type">ID Type<a class="headerlink" href="#id-type" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
<p>The type of identifier used for both the local and foreign id keys. </p>
<p>Example: uuid, integer, etc.</p>
<p>This value should be overriden if a particular model in your database uses a different ID type.</p>
<div class="codehilite"><pre><span></span><span class="kr">final</span> <span class="kd">class</span> <span class="nc">Pet</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="n">Model</span> <span class="p">{</span>
<span class="kd">static</span> <span class="kd">let</span> <span class="nv">idType</span> <span class="p">=</span> <span class="p">.</span><span class="n">uuid</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
</pre></div>
<p>This can also be overridden at the database level using config.</p>
<p><code>Config/fluent.json</code></p>
<div class="codehilite"><pre><span></span><span class="p">{</span>
<span class="nt">&quot;idType&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s2">&quot;uuid&quot;</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
</pre></div>
<p>Or programatically.</p>
<div class="codehilite"><pre><span></span><span class="n">drop</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">database</span><span class="p">?.</span><span class="n">idType</span> <span class="p">=</span> <span class="p">.</span><span class="n">uuid</span>
</pre></div>
<h3 id="key-naming-convention">Key Naming Convention<a class="headerlink" href="#key-naming-convention" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
<p>The naming convetion to use for foreign id keys, table names, etc.</p>
<p>Example: snake_case vs. camelCase.</p>
<p>This value should be overridden if a particular model in your database uses a different key naming convention.</p>
<div class="codehilite"><pre><span></span><span class="kr">final</span> <span class="kd">class</span> <span class="nc">Pet</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="n">Model</span> <span class="p">{</span>
<span class="kd">static</span> <span class="kd">let</span> <span class="nv">keyNamingConvention</span> <span class="p">=</span> <span class="p">.</span><span class="n">snake_case</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
</pre></div>
<p>This can also be overridden at the database level using config.</p>
<p><code>Config/fluent.json</code></p>
<div class="codehilite"><pre><span></span><span class="p">{</span>
<span class="nt">&quot;keyNamingConvention&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s2">&quot;snake_case&quot;</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
</pre></div>
<p>Or programatically.</p>
<div class="codehilite"><pre><span></span><span class="n">drop</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">database</span><span class="p">?.</span><span class="n">keyNamingConvention</span> <span class="p">=</span> <span class="p">.</span><span class="n">snake_case</span>
</pre></div>
<h3 id="id-key">ID Key<a class="headerlink" href="#id-key" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
<p>The name of the column that corresponds to this entity's identifying key.</p>
<p>The default is 'database.driver.idKey', and then "id"</p>
<div class="codehilite"><pre><span></span><span class="kr">final</span> <span class="kd">class</span> <span class="nc">Pet</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="n">Model</span> <span class="p">{</span>
<span class="kd">static</span> <span class="kd">let</span> <span class="nv">idKey</span> <span class="p">=</span> <span class="s">&quot;id&quot;</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
</pre></div>
<h3 id="foreign-id-key">Foreign ID Key<a class="headerlink" href="#foreign-id-key" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
<p>The name of the column that points to this entity's id when referenced from other tables or collections.</p>
<p>Example: "foo_id".</p>
<div class="codehilite"><pre><span></span><span class="kr">final</span> <span class="kd">class</span> <span class="nc">Pet</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="n">Model</span> <span class="p">{</span>
<span class="kd">static</span> <span class="kd">let</span> <span class="nv">foreignIdKey</span> <span class="p">=</span> <span class="s">&quot;pet_id&quot;</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
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