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create or update, then get, model instances from JSON/py dict

Author:
anentropic
Posted:
December 5, 2011
Language:
Python
Version:
1.3
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Basically the idea is to import/update model instances from a json data that closely matches the model structure (i.e. identical field names)

From my answer to this question: http://stackoverflow.com/a/8377382/202168

See the original question for sample data format.

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from django.db import models

def create_or_update_and_get(model_class, data):
    # note we assume data is already deserialized to a dict
    get_or_create_kwargs = {
        model_class._meta.pk.name: data.pop(model_class._meta.pk.name)
    }
    try:
        # get
        instance = model_class.objects.get(**get_or_create_kwargs)
    except model_class.DoesNotExist:
        # create
        instance = model_class(**get_or_create_kwargs)
    # update (or finish creating)
    for key,value in data.items():
        field = model_class._meta.get_field(key)
        if not field:
            continue
        if isinstance(field, models.ManyToManyField):
            # can't add m2m until parent is saved
            continue
        elif isinstance(field, models.ForeignKey) and hasattr(value, 'items'):
            rel_instance = create_or_update_and_get(field.rel.to, value)
            setattr(instance, key, rel_instance)
        else:
            setattr(instance, key, value)
    instance.save()
    # now add the m2m relations
    for field in model_class._meta.many_to_many:
        if field.name in data and hasattr(data[field.name], 'append'):
            for obj in data[field.name]:
                rel_instance = create_or_update_and_get(field.rel.to, obj)
                getattr(instance, field.name).add(rel_instance)
    return instance

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