All of these fields are available from the django.contrib.postgres.fields
module.
Index
and Field.db_index
both create a
B-tree index, which isn’t particularly helpful when querying complex data types.
Indexes such as GinIndex
and
GistIndex
are better suited, though
the index choice is dependent on the queries that you’re using. Generally, GiST
may be a good choice for the range fields and
HStoreField
, and GIN may be helpful for ArrayField
.
ArrayField
¶A field for storing lists of data. Most field types can be used, and you
pass another field instance as the base_field
. You may also specify a size
. ArrayField
can be nested to store multi-dimensional
arrays.
If you give the field a default
, ensure
it’s a callable such as list
(for an empty default) or a callable that
returns a list (such as a function). Incorrectly using default=[]
creates a mutable default that is shared between all instances of
ArrayField
.
This is a required argument.
Specifies the underlying data type and behavior for the array. It
should be an instance of a subclass of
Field
. For example, it could be an
IntegerField
or a
CharField
. Most field types are permitted,
with the exception of those handling relational data
(ForeignKey
,
OneToOneField
and
ManyToManyField
) and file fields (
FileField
and
ImageField
).
It is possible to nest array fields - you can specify an instance of
ArrayField
as the base_field
. For example:
from django.contrib.postgres.fields import ArrayField
from django.db import models
class ChessBoard(models.Model):
board = ArrayField(
ArrayField(
models.CharField(max_length=10, blank=True),
size=8,
),
size=8,
)
Transformation of values between the database and the model, validation of data and configuration, and serialization are all delegated to the underlying base field.
This is an optional argument.
If passed, the array will have a maximum size as specified. This will be passed to the database, although PostgreSQL at present does not enforce the restriction.
Note
When nesting ArrayField
, whether you use the size
parameter or not,
PostgreSQL requires that the arrays are rectangular:
from django.contrib.postgres.fields import ArrayField
from django.db import models
class Board(models.Model):
pieces = ArrayField(ArrayField(models.IntegerField()))
# Valid
Board(
pieces=[
[2, 3],
[2, 1],
]
)
# Not valid
Board(
pieces=[
[2, 3],
[2],
]
)
If irregular shapes are required, then the underlying field should be made
nullable and the values padded with None
.
ArrayField
¶There are a number of custom lookups and transforms for ArrayField
.
We will use the following example model:
from django.contrib.postgres.fields import ArrayField
from django.db import models
class Post(models.Model):
name = models.CharField(max_length=200)
tags = ArrayField(models.CharField(max_length=200), blank=True)
def __str__(self):
return self.name
contains
¶The contains
lookup is overridden on ArrayField
. The
returned objects will be those where the values passed are a subset of the
data. It uses the SQL operator @>
. For example:
>>> Post.objects.create(name="First post", tags=["thoughts", "django"])
>>> Post.objects.create(name="Second post", tags=["thoughts"])
>>> Post.objects.create(name="Third post", tags=["tutorial", "django"])
>>> Post.objects.filter(tags__contains=["thoughts"])
<QuerySet [<Post: First post>, <Post: Second post>]>
>>> Post.objects.filter(tags__contains=["django"])
<QuerySet [<Post: First post>, <Post: Third post>]>
>>> Post.objects.filter(tags__contains=["django", "thoughts"])
<QuerySet [<Post: First post>]>
contained_by
¶This is the inverse of the contains
lookup -
the objects returned will be those where the data is a subset of the values
passed. It uses the SQL operator <@
. For example:
>>> Post.objects.create(name="First post", tags=["thoughts", "django"])
>>> Post.objects.create(name="Second post", tags=["thoughts"])
>>> Post.objects.create(name="Third post", tags=["tutorial", "django"])
>>> Post.objects.filter(tags__contained_by=["thoughts", "django"])
<QuerySet [<Post: First post>, <Post: Second post>]>
>>> Post.objects.filter(tags__contained_by=["thoughts", "django", "tutorial"])
<QuerySet [<Post: First post>, <Post: Second post>, <Post: Third post>]>
overlap
¶Returns objects where the data shares any results with the values passed. Uses
the SQL operator &&
. For example:
>>> Post.objects.create(name="First post", tags=["thoughts", "django"])
>>> Post.objects.create(name="Second post", tags=["thoughts", "tutorial"])
>>> Post.objects.create(name="Third post", tags=["tutorial", "django"])
>>> Post.objects.filter(tags__overlap=["thoughts"])
<QuerySet [<Post: First post>, <Post: Second post>]>
>>> Post.objects.filter(tags__overlap=["thoughts", "tutorial"])
<QuerySet [<Post: First post>, <Post: Second post>, <Post: Third post>]>
>>> Post.objects.filter(tags__overlap=Post.objects.values_list("tags"))
<QuerySet [<Post: First post>, <Post: Second post>, <Post: Third post>]>
Support for QuerySet.values()
and values_list()
as a right-hand
side was added.
len
¶Returns the length of the array. The lookups available afterward are those
available for IntegerField
. For example:
>>> Post.objects.create(name="First post", tags=["thoughts", "django"])
>>> Post.objects.create(name="Second post", tags=["thoughts"])
>>> Post.objects.filter(tags__len=1)
<QuerySet [<Post: Second post>]>
Index transforms index into the array. Any non-negative integer can be used.
There are no errors if it exceeds the size
of the
array. The lookups available after the transform are those from the
base_field
. For example:
>>> Post.objects.create(name="First post", tags=["thoughts", "django"])
>>> Post.objects.create(name="Second post", tags=["thoughts"])
>>> Post.objects.filter(tags__0="thoughts")
<QuerySet [<Post: First post>, <Post: Second post>]>
>>> Post.objects.filter(tags__1__iexact="Django")
<QuerySet [<Post: First post>]>
>>> Post.objects.filter(tags__276="javascript")
<QuerySet []>
Note
PostgreSQL uses 1-based indexing for array fields when writing raw SQL.
However these indexes and those used in slices
use 0-based indexing to be consistent with Python.
Slice transforms take a slice of the array. Any two non-negative integers can be used, separated by a single underscore. The lookups available after the transform do not change. For example:
>>> Post.objects.create(name="First post", tags=["thoughts", "django"])
>>> Post.objects.create(name="Second post", tags=["thoughts"])
>>> Post.objects.create(name="Third post", tags=["django", "python", "thoughts"])
>>> Post.objects.filter(tags__0_1=["thoughts"])
<QuerySet [<Post: First post>, <Post: Second post>]>
>>> Post.objects.filter(tags__0_2__contains=["thoughts"])
<QuerySet [<Post: First post>, <Post: Second post>]>
Note
PostgreSQL uses 1-based indexing for array fields when writing raw SQL.
However these slices and those used in indexes
use 0-based indexing to be consistent with Python.
Multidimensional arrays with indexes and slices
PostgreSQL has some rather esoteric behavior when using indexes and slices on multidimensional arrays. It will always work to use indexes to reach down to the final underlying data, but most other slices behave strangely at the database level and cannot be supported in a logical, consistent fashion by Django.
CIText
fields¶Deprecated since version 4.2.
A mixin to create case-insensitive text fields backed by the citext type. Read about the performance considerations prior to using it.
To use citext
, use the CITextExtension
operation to
set up the citext extension in
PostgreSQL before the first CreateModel
migration operation.
If you’re using an ArrayField
of CIText
fields, you must add 'django.contrib.postgres'
in your
INSTALLED_APPS
, otherwise field values will appear as strings
like '{thoughts,django}'
.
Several fields that use the mixin are provided:
Deprecated since version 4.2: CICharField
is deprecated in favor of
CharField(db_collation="…")
with a case-insensitive
non-deterministic collation.
Deprecated since version 4.2: CIEmailField
is deprecated in favor of
EmailField(db_collation="…")
with a case-insensitive
non-deterministic collation.
Deprecated since version 4.2: CITextField
is deprecated in favor of
TextField(db_collation="…")
with a case-insensitive
non-deterministic collation.
These fields subclass CharField
,
EmailField
, and
TextField
, respectively.
max_length
won’t be enforced in the database since citext
behaves
similar to PostgreSQL’s text
type.
Case-insensitive collations
It’s preferable to use non-deterministic collations instead of the
citext
extension. You can create them using the
CreateCollation
migration
operation. For more details, see Managing collations using migrations and
the PostgreSQL documentation about non-deterministic collations.
HStoreField
¶A field for storing key-value pairs. The Python data type used is a
dict
. Keys must be strings, and values may be either strings or nulls
(None
in Python).
To use this field, you’ll need to:
Add 'django.contrib.postgres'
in your INSTALLED_APPS
.
Set up the hstore extension in PostgreSQL.
You’ll see an error like can't adapt type 'dict'
if you skip the first
step, or type "hstore" does not exist
if you skip the second.
Note
On occasions it may be useful to require or restrict the keys which are
valid for a given field. This can be done using the
KeysValidator
.
HStoreField
¶In addition to the ability to query by key, there are a number of custom
lookups available for HStoreField
.
We will use the following example model:
from django.contrib.postgres.fields import HStoreField
from django.db import models
class Dog(models.Model):
name = models.CharField(max_length=200)
data = HStoreField()
def __str__(self):
return self.name
To query based on a given key, you can use that key as the lookup name:
>>> Dog.objects.create(name="Rufus", data={"breed": "labrador"})
>>> Dog.objects.create(name="Meg", data={"breed": "collie"})
>>> Dog.objects.filter(data__breed="collie")
<QuerySet [<Dog: Meg>]>
You can chain other lookups after key lookups:
>>> Dog.objects.filter(data__breed__contains="l")
<QuerySet [<Dog: Rufus>, <Dog: Meg>]>
or use F()
expressions to annotate a key value. For example:
>>> from django.db.models import F
>>> rufus = Dog.objects.annotate(breed=F("data__breed"))[0]
>>> rufus.breed
'labrador'
If the key you wish to query by clashes with the name of another lookup, you
need to use the hstorefield.contains
lookup instead.
Note
Key transforms can also be chained with: contains
,
icontains
, endswith
, iendswith
,
iexact
, regex
, iregex
, startswith
,
and istartswith
lookups.
Warning
Since any string could be a key in a hstore value, any lookup other than those listed below will be interpreted as a key lookup. No errors are raised. Be extra careful for typing mistakes, and always check your queries work as you intend.
contains
¶The contains
lookup is overridden on
HStoreField
. The returned objects are
those where the given dict
of key-value pairs are all contained in the
field. It uses the SQL operator @>
. For example:
>>> Dog.objects.create(name="Rufus", data={"breed": "labrador", "owner": "Bob"})
>>> Dog.objects.create(name="Meg", data={"breed": "collie", "owner": "Bob"})
>>> Dog.objects.create(name="Fred", data={})
>>> Dog.objects.filter(data__contains={"owner": "Bob"})
<QuerySet [<Dog: Rufus>, <Dog: Meg>]>
>>> Dog.objects.filter(data__contains={"breed": "collie"})
<QuerySet [<Dog: Meg>]>
contained_by
¶This is the inverse of the contains
lookup -
the objects returned will be those where the key-value pairs on the object are
a subset of those in the value passed. It uses the SQL operator <@
. For
example:
>>> Dog.objects.create(name="Rufus", data={"breed": "labrador", "owner": "Bob"})
>>> Dog.objects.create(name="Meg", data={"breed": "collie", "owner": "Bob"})
>>> Dog.objects.create(name="Fred", data={})
>>> Dog.objects.filter(data__contained_by={"breed": "collie", "owner": "Bob"})
<QuerySet [<Dog: Meg>, <Dog: Fred>]>
>>> Dog.objects.filter(data__contained_by={"breed": "collie"})
<QuerySet [<Dog: Fred>]>
has_key
¶Returns objects where the given key is in the data. Uses the SQL operator
?
. For example:
>>> Dog.objects.create(name="Rufus", data={"breed": "labrador"})
>>> Dog.objects.create(name="Meg", data={"breed": "collie", "owner": "Bob"})
>>> Dog.objects.filter(data__has_key="owner")
<QuerySet [<Dog: Meg>]>
has_any_keys
¶Returns objects where any of the given keys are in the data. Uses the SQL
operator ?|
. For example:
>>> Dog.objects.create(name="Rufus", data={"breed": "labrador"})
>>> Dog.objects.create(name="Meg", data={"owner": "Bob"})
>>> Dog.objects.create(name="Fred", data={})
>>> Dog.objects.filter(data__has_any_keys=["owner", "breed"])
<QuerySet [<Dog: Rufus>, <Dog: Meg>]>
has_keys
¶Returns objects where all of the given keys are in the data. Uses the SQL operator
?&
. For example:
>>> Dog.objects.create(name="Rufus", data={})
>>> Dog.objects.create(name="Meg", data={"breed": "collie", "owner": "Bob"})
>>> Dog.objects.filter(data__has_keys=["breed", "owner"])
<QuerySet [<Dog: Meg>]>
keys
¶Returns objects where the array of keys is the given value. Note that the order
is not guaranteed to be reliable, so this transform is mainly useful for using
in conjunction with lookups on
ArrayField
. Uses the SQL function
akeys()
. For example:
>>> Dog.objects.create(name="Rufus", data={"toy": "bone"})
>>> Dog.objects.create(name="Meg", data={"breed": "collie", "owner": "Bob"})
>>> Dog.objects.filter(data__keys__overlap=["breed", "toy"])
<QuerySet [<Dog: Rufus>, <Dog: Meg>]>
values
¶Returns objects where the array of values is the given value. Note that the
order is not guaranteed to be reliable, so this transform is mainly useful for
using in conjunction with lookups on
ArrayField
. Uses the SQL function
avals()
. For example:
>>> Dog.objects.create(name="Rufus", data={"breed": "labrador"})
>>> Dog.objects.create(name="Meg", data={"breed": "collie", "owner": "Bob"})
>>> Dog.objects.filter(data__values__contains=["collie"])
<QuerySet [<Dog: Meg>]>
There are five range field types, corresponding to the built-in range types in PostgreSQL. These fields are used to store a range of values; for example the start and end timestamps of an event, or the range of ages an activity is suitable for.
All of the range fields translate to psycopg Range objects in Python, but also accept tuples as input if no bounds
information is necessary. The default is lower bound included, upper bound
excluded, that is [)
(see the PostgreSQL documentation for details about
different bounds). The default bounds can be changed for non-discrete range
fields (DateTimeRangeField
and DecimalRangeField
) by using
the default_bounds
argument.
IntegerRangeField
¶Stores a range of integers. Based on an
IntegerField
. Represented by an int4range
in
the database and a
django.db.backends.postgresql.psycopg_any.NumericRange
in Python.
Regardless of the bounds specified when saving the data, PostgreSQL always
returns a range in a canonical form that includes the lower bound and
excludes the upper bound, that is [)
.
BigIntegerRangeField
¶Stores a range of large integers. Based on a
BigIntegerField
. Represented by an int8range
in the database and a
django.db.backends.postgresql.psycopg_any.NumericRange
in Python.
Regardless of the bounds specified when saving the data, PostgreSQL always
returns a range in a canonical form that includes the lower bound and
excludes the upper bound, that is [)
.
DecimalRangeField
¶Stores a range of floating point values. Based on a
DecimalField
. Represented by a numrange
in
the database and a
django.db.backends.postgresql.psycopg_any.NumericRange
in Python.
Optional. The value of bounds
for list and tuple inputs. The
default is lower bound included, upper bound excluded, that is [)
(see the PostgreSQL documentation for details about
different bounds). default_bounds
is not used for
django.db.backends.postgresql.psycopg_any.NumericRange
inputs.
DateTimeRangeField
¶Stores a range of timestamps. Based on a
DateTimeField
. Represented by a tstzrange
in
the database and a
django.db.backends.postgresql.psycopg_any.DateTimeTZRange
in Python.
Optional. The value of bounds
for list and tuple inputs. The
default is lower bound included, upper bound excluded, that is [)
(see the PostgreSQL documentation for details about
different bounds). default_bounds
is not used for
django.db.backends.postgresql.psycopg_any.DateTimeTZRange
inputs.
DateRangeField
¶Stores a range of dates. Based on a
DateField
. Represented by a daterange
in the
database and a django.db.backends.postgresql.psycopg_any.DateRange
in
Python.
Regardless of the bounds specified when saving the data, PostgreSQL always
returns a range in a canonical form that includes the lower bound and
excludes the upper bound, that is [)
.
There are a number of custom lookups and transforms for range fields. They are available on all the above fields, but we will use the following example model:
from django.contrib.postgres.fields import IntegerRangeField
from django.db import models
class Event(models.Model):
name = models.CharField(max_length=200)
ages = IntegerRangeField()
start = models.DateTimeField()
def __str__(self):
return self.name
We will also use the following example objects:
>>> import datetime
>>> from django.utils import timezone
>>> now = timezone.now()
>>> Event.objects.create(name="Soft play", ages=(0, 10), start=now)
>>> Event.objects.create(
... name="Pub trip", ages=(21, None), start=now - datetime.timedelta(days=1)
... )
and NumericRange
:
>>> from django.db.backends.postgresql.psycopg_any import NumericRange
As with other PostgreSQL fields, there are three standard containment
operators: contains
, contained_by
and overlap
, using the SQL
operators @>
, <@
, and &&
respectively.
contains
¶>>> Event.objects.filter(ages__contains=NumericRange(4, 5))
<QuerySet [<Event: Soft play>]>
contained_by
¶>>> Event.objects.filter(ages__contained_by=NumericRange(0, 15))
<QuerySet [<Event: Soft play>]>
The contained_by
lookup is also available on the non-range field types:
SmallAutoField
,
AutoField
, BigAutoField
,
SmallIntegerField
,
IntegerField
,
BigIntegerField
,
DecimalField
, FloatField
,
DateField
, and
DateTimeField
. For example:
>>> from django.db.backends.postgresql.psycopg_any import DateTimeTZRange
>>> Event.objects.filter(
... start__contained_by=DateTimeTZRange(
... timezone.now() - datetime.timedelta(hours=1),
... timezone.now() + datetime.timedelta(hours=1),
... ),
... )
<QuerySet [<Event: Soft play>]>
overlap
¶>>> Event.objects.filter(ages__overlap=NumericRange(8, 12))
<QuerySet [<Event: Soft play>]>
Range fields support the standard lookups: lt
, gt
,
lte
and gte
. These are not particularly helpful - they
compare the lower bounds first and then the upper bounds only if necessary.
This is also the strategy used to order by a range field. It is better to use
the specific range comparison operators.
fully_lt
¶The returned ranges are strictly less than the passed range. In other words, all the points in the returned range are less than all those in the passed range.
>>> Event.objects.filter(ages__fully_lt=NumericRange(11, 15))
<QuerySet [<Event: Soft play>]>
fully_gt
¶The returned ranges are strictly greater than the passed range. In other words, the all the points in the returned range are greater than all those in the passed range.
>>> Event.objects.filter(ages__fully_gt=NumericRange(11, 15))
<QuerySet [<Event: Pub trip>]>
not_lt
¶The returned ranges do not contain any points less than the passed range, that is the lower bound of the returned range is at least the lower bound of the passed range.
>>> Event.objects.filter(ages__not_lt=NumericRange(0, 15))
<QuerySet [<Event: Soft play>, <Event: Pub trip>]>
not_gt
¶The returned ranges do not contain any points greater than the passed range, that is the upper bound of the returned range is at most the upper bound of the passed range.
>>> Event.objects.filter(ages__not_gt=NumericRange(3, 10))
<QuerySet [<Event: Soft play>]>
adjacent_to
¶The returned ranges share a bound with the passed range.
>>> Event.objects.filter(ages__adjacent_to=NumericRange(10, 21))
<QuerySet [<Event: Soft play>, <Event: Pub trip>]>
Range fields support several extra lookups.
startswith
¶Returned objects have the given lower bound. Can be chained to valid lookups for the base field.
>>> Event.objects.filter(ages__startswith=21)
<QuerySet [<Event: Pub trip>]>
endswith
¶Returned objects have the given upper bound. Can be chained to valid lookups for the base field.
>>> Event.objects.filter(ages__endswith=10)
<QuerySet [<Event: Soft play>]>
isempty
¶Returned objects are empty ranges. Can be chained to valid lookups for a
BooleanField
.
>>> Event.objects.filter(ages__isempty=True)
<QuerySet []>
lower_inc
¶Returns objects that have inclusive or exclusive lower bounds, depending on the
boolean value passed. Can be chained to valid lookups for a
BooleanField
.
>>> Event.objects.filter(ages__lower_inc=True)
<QuerySet [<Event: Soft play>, <Event: Pub trip>]>
lower_inf
¶Returns objects that have unbounded (infinite) or bounded lower bound,
depending on the boolean value passed. Can be chained to valid lookups for a
BooleanField
.
>>> Event.objects.filter(ages__lower_inf=True)
<QuerySet []>
upper_inc
¶Returns objects that have inclusive or exclusive upper bounds, depending on the
boolean value passed. Can be chained to valid lookups for a
BooleanField
.
>>> Event.objects.filter(ages__upper_inc=True)
<QuerySet []>
upper_inf
¶Returns objects that have unbounded (infinite) or bounded upper bound,
depending on the boolean value passed. Can be chained to valid lookups for a
BooleanField
.
>>> Event.objects.filter(ages__upper_inf=True)
<QuerySet [<Event: Pub trip>]>
PostgreSQL allows the definition of custom range types. Django’s model and form
field implementations use base classes below, and psycopg
provides a
register_range()
to allow use of custom
range types.
Base class for model range fields.
The model field class to use.
The range type to use.
The form field class to use. Should be a subclass of
django.contrib.postgres.forms.BaseRangeField
.
PostgreSQL provides a set of SQL operators that can be used together with the range data types (see the PostgreSQL documentation for the full details of range operators). This class is meant as a convenient method to avoid typos. The operator names overlap with the names of corresponding lookups.
class RangeOperators:
EQUAL = "="
NOT_EQUAL = "<>"
CONTAINS = "@>"
CONTAINED_BY = "<@"
OVERLAPS = "&&"
FULLY_LT = "<<"
FULLY_GT = ">>"
NOT_LT = "&>"
NOT_GT = "&<"
ADJACENT_TO = "-|-"
If True
(default), the lower bound is inclusive '['
, otherwise
it’s exclusive '('
.
If False
(default), the upper bound is exclusive ')'
, otherwise
it’s inclusive ']'
.
A RangeBoundary()
expression represents the range boundaries. It can be
used with a custom range functions that expected boundaries, for example to
define ExclusionConstraint
. See
the PostgreSQL documentation for the full details.
Dec 25, 2023