django-orm-performance-enhancers (DOPEs)

Table of Contents

• Installation
• Example Models
• ExtendedQuerySet
  • with_evaluation_callbacks
  • pool_related
  • select_related_pooled
  • prefetch_related_with_limit
  • map_related
  • prefetch_unrelated
• PrefetchedProperty

Installation

pip install django-orm-performance-enhancers

Example Models

Please see demo_project/data_models/models.py for the models used in the examples below. For extra samples beyond what's shown in the README, see the tests.

ExtendedQuerySet

Usage:

from django.db import models
from django_orm_performance_enhancers import ExtendedQuerySet

class MyModelQuerySet(ExtendedQuerySet):
    pass

class MyModel(models.Model):
    objects = MyModelQuerySet.as_manager()
    # or objects = ExtendedQuerySet.as_manager()

with_evaluation_callbacks

As the name suggests, adds callbacks to be evaluated when the queryset is evaluated. Think of it as a python-based .annotate method.

API:

with_evaluation_callbacks(self, *evaluation_callbacks: EvaluationCallbackType)

EvaluationCallbackType = Callable[[Sequence[TModel]], Union[Sequence[TModel], None]]

Useful for:

• creating custom annotations
• transforming/processing data after evaluation
• prefetching related objects which is tricky or not doable in ORM way
• filtering prefetches in a way not achievable by ORM
• prefetching from tables which don't have a direct relation to current model
• re-using data fetched elsewhere in the queryset
• doing custom joins, which are not possible in ORM way

See a sample:

from data_models.models import User, Vehicle

def prefetch_vehicles_parked_on_user_address(results: list[User]):
    address_ids = {user.address_id for user in results}
    for user in results:
        vehicles_by_address_id = {
            vehicle.address_id: vehicle 
           for vehicle in Vehicle.objects.filter(address_id__in=address_ids)
        }
        user.vehicles_parked_on_user_address = vehicles_by_address_id.get(user.address_id, [])

class UserQuerySet:
    def with_vehicles_parked_on_user_address(self):
        return self.with_evaluation_callbacks(prefetch_vehicles_parked_on_user_address)
    
qs = (
    User
    .objects
    .with_vehicles_parked_on_user_address()  # no evaluation
)
qs = qs.annotate(...) # no evaluation

[x.vehicles_parked_on_user_address for x in qs]  # evaluated in a single query to Vehicles parked on the user address.

pool_related

A drop-in replacement for prefetch_related which uses a pool of prefetched results.

This has 3 benefits:

• reduces CPU and memory usage while fetching particularly large datasets by re-using instances of models with the same id By default, django creates a new instance of a model for each row even if they have the same id. Here related objs are shared by reference instead. There's a catch: if you modify a shared object, it will get modified everywhere. This might or might not be what you wanted.
• reduces the number of queries by combining multiple prefetch_related targets into one query
• helps saving time on joining the same table multiple times via select_related and re-using the same annotations, which might or might not increase performance. Always benchmark when in doubt.

from data_models.models import User

regular_results = list(
    User
    .objects
    .select_related('address') # Query1: User + Address
                      # Query2: rides_starting_here
                      # Query3: rides_ending_here
                      # Query4: transactions for rides_starting_here
                      # Query5: transactions for rides_ending_here
    .prefetch_related('address__rides_starting_here__transactions',
                      'address__rides_ending_here__transactions') 
)
first_ride_starting_at_user_address = regular_results[0].address.rides_starting_here.all()[0]
first_ride_ending_at_user_address = regular_results[0].address.rides_ending_here.all()[0]
first_ride_starting_at_user_address.id == first_ride_ending_at_user_address.id  # True
first_ride_starting_at_user_address is first_ride_ending_at_user_address  # False


pooled_results = list(
    User
    .objects
    .select_related('address') # Query1: User + address
    .pool_related('address__rides_starting_here',
                  'address__rides_ending_here') # Query2: all rides
    .pool_related('address__rides_starting_here__transactions',
                  'address_rides_ending_here__transactions') # Query3: all transactions
)
first_ride_starting_at_user_address = pooled_results[0].address.rides_starting_here.all()[0]
first_ride_ending_at_user_address = pooled_results[0].address.rides_ending_here.all()[0]
first_ride_starting_at_user_address.id == first_ride_ending_at_user_address.id  # True
first_ride_starting_at_user_address is first_ride_ending_at_user_address  # True

select_related_pooled

A drop-in replacement for select_related which re-uses model instances with the same id. By default, django duplicates instances of models with the same id.

from data_models.models import User

regular_results = list(
    User
    .objects
    .select_related('address')
)
regular_results[0].address.id == regular_results[1].address.id  # True
regular_results[0].address is regular_results[1].address  # False


pooled_results = list(
    User
    .objects
    .select_related_pooled('address') # Query1: User + address
)
regular_results[0].address.id == regular_results[1].address.id  # True
regular_results[0].address is regular_results[1].address  # True

prefetch_related_with_limit

if limits is not provided, assumes LIMIT 1 for all fields and uses DISTINCT ON to get only one result. If limits is provided, manages limiting in python to achieve necessary result, because it's not trivial to do limit 2 in SQL without access to SELECT * from ... in ORM

API:

prefetch_related_with_limit(
    self,
    *fields_or_prefetches: Union[str, Prefetch],
    limit: Optional[int] = None
)

map_related

Lets you batch-load related objects, then sort them to different attributes on the parent object based on SQL Case-When statements. API:

map_related(
    self, 
    map_through: Union[str, MapRelatedCall],
    *mapping_conditions: MapRelatedCondition
)

@dataclass
class MapRelatedCondition:
    case_q: Q
    to_attr: str

from data_models.models import User, Vehicle
from django.db.models import Q, Prefetch
from django_orm_performance_enhancers.evaluation_callbacks import MapRelatedCondition


# regular django-orm way
(
    User
    .objects
    .prefetch_related(
       # Query1:
       Prefetch('vehicles', 
                Vehicle.objects.filter(make=Vehicle.Makes.BMW), 
                to_attr='bmw_vehicles'),
       # Query2:
       Prefetch('vehicles',
                Vehicle.objects.filter(make=Vehicle.Makes.TOYOTA),
                to_attr='toyota_vehicles'),
       # Query3:
       Prefetch('vehicles', 
                Vehicle.objects.filter(make=Vehicle.Makes.FORD),
                to_attr='ford_vehicles'),
    )
)


users_with_grouped_vehicles = (
    User
    .objects
    .map_related(
        'vehicles',  # One SQL query to fetch all vehicles
        MapRelatedCondition(Q(make=Vehicle.Makes.BMW), 'bmw_vehicles'),
        MapRelatedCondition(Q(make=Vehicle.Makes.TOYOTA), 'toyota_vehicles'),
        MapRelatedCondition(Q(make=Vehicle.Makes.FORD), 'ford_vehicles'),
    )
)
assert users_with_grouped_vehicles[0].bmw_vehicles[0].make == Vehicle.Makes.BMW
assert users_with_grouped_vehicles[0].toyota_vehicles[0].make == Vehicle.Makes.TOYOTA
assert users_with_grouped_vehicles[0].ford_vehicles[0].make == Vehicle.Makes.FORD

Author
.objects
.map_related(
   MapRelatedCall(
      qs=Book.objects.all(),
      child_field_name='author_id',
      parent_field_name='id'
   )
   MapRelatedCondition(Q(genre='fantasy'), 'fantasy_books'),
   MapRelatedCondition(Q(genre='sci-fi'), 'sci_fi_books'),
   MapRelatedCondition(Q(genre='horror'), 'horror_books'),
)

prefetch_unrelated

Lets you prefetch something with a to_attr without direct relation to the parent.

API:

prefetch_unrelated(self, *unrelated_prefetches: PrefetchUnrelatedCall)

@dataclass
class PrefetchUnrelatedCall:
    qs: QuerySetType
    group_by_attr: str
    map_by_attr: str
    map_to_attr: str

Fills these usecases:

• Prefetch('some__relation__many_levels__deep', to_attr='some_attr_on_first_level')
• Prefetch('...no relation to parent...', to_attr='some_attr_on_parent')

API: prefetch_unrelated(self, *unrelated_prefetches: PrefetchUnrelatedCall)

from data_models.models import User, Transaction
from django_orm_performance_enhancers.querysets import PrefetchUnrelatedCall


users_with_transactions = (
   User
   .objects
   .prefetch_unrelated(
      PrefetchUnrelatedCall(
         # Transaction doesn't have any relation to user, just integer user_id column
         Transaction.objects.all(), 
         'user_id',
         'id',
         'unrelated_transactions'
      )
   )
)
assert users_with_transactions[0].unrelated_transactions[0].user_id == users_with_transactions[0].id

PrefetchedProperty

Lets you create an easily re-usable attribute to hold either query_set cache of an annotation, or compute that annotation on the fly.

from typing_extensions import Self
from django.db import models
from django_orm_performance_enhancers.descriptors import PrefetchedProperty
from django_orm_performance_enhancers.querysets import ExtendedQuerySet, PrefetchUnrelatedCall


class Address(models.Model):
    objects = ExtendedQuerySet.as_manager()



class UserQuerySet(ExtendedQuerySet):
    def with_vehicles_parked_on_user_address(self) -> Self:
        # use prefetch_unrelated to assign prefetched objects to user, not to address
        return self.prefetch_unrelated(
            PrefetchUnrelatedCall(
                qs=Vehicle.objects.all(),
                group_by_attr='parking_address_id',
                map_by_attr='address_id',
                map_to_attr='vehicles_parked_on_user_address'  # map to the PrefetchedProperty
            )
        )

    def with_amount_passenger_rides(self) -> Self:
        return self.annotate(pass_rides_cnt=models.Count('passenger_rides'))

class User(models.Model):
    address = models.ForeignKey(Address, on_delete=models.CASCADE, related_name='users')

    vehicles_parked_on_user_address = PrefetchedProperty(
        queryset_method=UserQuerySet.with_vehicles_parked_on_user_address,
        single_instance_getter=lambda user: Vehicle.objects.filter(parking_address_id=user.address_id)
    )

    amount_passenger_rides = PrefetchedProperty(
        queryset_method=UserQuerySet.with_amount_passenger_rides,
        single_instance_getter=lambda user: user.passenger_rides.count(),
        cache_attr_name='pass_rides_cnt'  # use custom attr name from queryset method
    )
    objects = UserQuerySet.as_manager()

       # 2 SQL queries                                # 1 SQL query
assert User.objects.first().amount_passenger_rides == User.objects.with_amount_passenger_rides().first().amount_passenger_rides

License

django-orm-performance-enhancers is distributed under the terms of the MIT license.