update-or-create method

docs/making_queries.md

@@ -210,8 +210,32 @@ To get an existing instance matching the query, or create a new one.
 This will retuurn a tuple of `instance` and `created`.
 
 ```python
-note, created = await Note.objects.get_or_create(text="Going to car wash")
+note, created = await Note.objects.get_or_create(
+    text="Going to car wash", defaults={"completed": False}
+)
 ```
 
+This will query a `Note` with `text` as `"Going to car wash"`,
+if it doesn't exist, it will use `defaults` argument to create the new instance.
+
 !!! note
     Since `get_or_create()` is doing a [get()](#get), it can raise `MultipleMatches` exception.
+
+
+### .update_or_create()
+
+To update an existing instance matching the query, or create a new one.
+This will retuurn a tuple of `instance` and `created`.
+
+```python
+note, created = await Note.objects.update_or_create(
+    text="Going to car wash", defaults={"completed": True}
+)
+```
+
+This will query a `Note` with `text` as `"Going to car wash"`,
+if an instance is found, it will use the `defaults` argument to update the instance.
+If it matches no records, it will use the comibnation of arguments to create the new instance.
+
+!!! note
+    Since `update_or_create()` is doing a [get()](#get), it can raise `MultipleMatches` exception.

orm/models.py

@@ -425,11 +425,26 @@ async def update(self, **kwargs) -> None:
 
         await self.database.execute(expr)
 
-    async def get_or_create(self, **kwargs) -> typing.Tuple[typing.Any, bool]:
+    async def get_or_create(
+        self, defaults: typing.Dict[str, typing.Any], **kwargs
+    ) -> typing.Tuple[typing.Any, bool]:
         try:
             instance = await self.get(**kwargs)
             return instance, False
         except NoMatch:
+            kwargs.update(defaults)
+            instance = await self.create(**kwargs)
+            return instance, True
+
+    async def update_or_create(
+        self, defaults: typing.Dict[str, typing.Any], **kwargs
+    ) -> typing.Tuple[typing.Any, bool]:
+        try:
+            instance = await self.get(**kwargs)
+            await instance.update(**defaults)
+            return instance, False
+        except NoMatch:
+            kwargs.update(defaults)
             instance = await self.create(**kwargs)
             return instance, True
 

setup.py

@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ def get_packages(package):
     packages=get_packages(PACKAGE),
     package_data={PACKAGE: ["py.typed"]},
     data_files=[("", ["LICENSE.md"])],
-    install_requires=["anyio>=3.0.0,<4", "databases>=0.5.0", "typesystem>=0.3.0"],
+    install_requires=["anyio>=3.0.0,<4", "databases~=0.5", "typesystem~=0.3"],
     extras_require={
         "postgresql": ["asyncpg"],
         "mysql": ["aiomysql"],

tests/test_models.py

@@ -254,13 +254,19 @@ async def test_model_search():
 
 
 async def test_model_get_or_create():
-    user, created = await User.objects.get_or_create(name="Tom")
-
+    user, created = await User.objects.get_or_create(
+        name="Tom", defaults={"language": "Spanish"}
+    )
     assert created is True
-    assert await User.objects.get(pk=user.id) == user
+    assert user.name == "Tom"
+    assert user.language == "Spanish"
 
-    user, created = await User.objects.get_or_create(name="Tom")
+    user, created = await User.objects.get_or_create(
+        name="Tom", defaults={"language": "English"}
+    )
     assert created is False
+    assert user.name == "Tom"
+    assert user.language == "Spanish"
 
 
 async def test_queryset_delete():
@@ -287,3 +293,19 @@ async def test_queryset_update():
     await Product.objects.update(rating=3)
     tie = await Product.objects.get(pk=tie.id)
     assert tie.rating == 3
+
+
+async def test_model_update_or_create():
+    user, created = await User.objects.update_or_create(
+        name="Tom", language="English", defaults={"name": "Jane"}
+    )
+    assert created is True
+    assert user.name == "Jane"
+    assert user.language == "English"
+
+    user, created = await User.objects.update_or_create(
+        name="Jane", language="English", defaults={"name": "Tom"}
+    )
+    assert created is False
+    assert user.name == "Tom"
+    assert user.language == "English"