vapor-docs/3.0/docs/fluent/getting-started.md

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# Adding Fluent to your Project
Fluent ([vapor/fluent](https://github.com/vapor/fluent)) is a type-safe, fast, and easy-to-use ORM built for Swift.
It takes advantage of Swift's strong type system to provide an elegant API for your database.
## Database
In addition to adding Fluent to your project, you must also add a Fluent compatible database.
Fluent does not include any databases by default. All official databases have a getting started guide similar to this one.
| database | library | driver | guide |
|------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
| PostgreSQL | vapor/postgres | vapor/fluent-postgres | [PostgreSQL → Package](../../databases/postgres/getting-started.md) |
| MySQL | vapor/mysql | vapor/fluent-mysql | [MySQL → Package](../../databases/mysql/getting-started.md) |
| SQLite | vapor/sqlite | vapor/fluent-sqlite | [SQLite → Package](../../databases/sqlite/getting-started.md) |
| MongoDB | mongokitten/mongokitten | vapor/fluent-mongokitten | [README.md](http://github.com/vapor/fluent-mongokitten/readme.md)|
!!! tip
Any database can be made to work with Fluent by conforming to its [Database](database.md) protocol.
For a list of all compatible database types, search GitHub for the [fluent-driver](https://github.com/topics/fluent-driver) topic.
## Fluent
After you have added your database driver, simply add the Fluent package to your Package manifest.
```swift
// swift-tools-version:4.0
import PackageDescription
let package = Package(
name: "Project",
dependencies: [
...
.package(url: "https://github.com/vapor/fluent.git", .upToNextMajor(from: "3.0.0")),
],
targets: [
.target(name: "Project", dependencies: ["Fluent", ... ])
]
)
```
If this is your first time adding a dependency, you should read our introduction to [Package.swift](../../getting-started/spm.md).
!!! note
Use `import Fluent` to access Fluent's APIs.
Once you have Fluent added to your project, you are ready to configure your database(s).
## Configuring Fluent
Fluent integrates seamlessly into your Vapor project using [services](../getting-started/application.md#services).
In this section we will add the Fluent service provider to your application and configure your databases.
!!! warning
This section assumes you have added both [Fluent](getting-started.md#fluent) and a [Fluent database](getting-started.md#database) to your package.
## Service Provider
The first step to using Fluent, is registering it with your Vapor application.
```swift
import Fluent
...
try services.instance(FluentProvider())
```
Register the `FluentProvider` in the [configure section](../getting-started/structure.md#configure) of your application.
!!! question
Learn more about how service providers work in [Getting Started: Application](../getting-started/application.md#providers)
and [Concepts: Services](../concepts/services.md#providers).
## Config
Once the service provider has been added, we can configure one or more databases
to be used with Fluent.
### Identifier
Each database you use with Fluent must have a unique identifier. The easiest way to
keep track of this identifier is to add it as static extension to `DatabaseIdentifier`.
```swift
import Fluent
import FluentMySQL
import FluentSQLite
extension DatabaseIdentifier {
static var foo: DatabaseIdentifier<SQLiteDatabase> {
return .init("foo")
}
static var bar: DatabaseIdentifier<MySQLDatabase> {
return .init("bar")
}
}
```
Now we can use the identifier anywhere in our project:
```swift
req.database(.foo) { ... }
```
The [configure section](../getting-started/structure.md#configure) of your project is a good place to put this extension.
### Databases
Now that we have created a unique identifier for our database, we can register it
to our application using `DatabaseConfig`. A good place to do this is in the
[configure section](../getting-started/structure.md#configure) of your project.
You can add databases to the `DatabaseConfig` using either a type (`.self`) or an instance.
#### Type
If you register a database type (like `SQLiteDatabase.self`), Fluent will ask the application
to create an instance of your database at boot.
```swift
import Fluent
import FluentSQLite
...
var databaseConfig = DatabaseConfig()
databaseConfig.add(database: SQLiteDatabase.self, as: .foo)
services.instance(databaseConfig)
```
#### Instance
You can also register a pre-initialized database. This is especially useful if you'd
like to configure two instances of the same database type.
```swift
import Fluent
import FluentMySQL
...
var databaseConfig = DatabaseConfig()
let mysql = MySQLDatabase(...)
databaseConfig.add(database: mysql, as: .bar)
services.instance(databaseConfig)
```
### Migrations
If your database uses schemas (most SQL databases do, whereas NoSQL databases don't), you will also want to configure
your migrations using `MigrationConfig`.
```swift
import Fluent
...
var migrationConfig = MigrationConfig()
migrationConfig.add(migration: User.self, database: .foo)
services.instance(migrationConfig)
```
You can read more about migrations in [Fluent: Migrations](migrations.md).
## Done
You should now be able to compile and run your application. The next step is to create your models.