Fields

The fields module contains a list of Field classes for model’s definition.

The example below shows the most common fields and builtin validations:

class Token(Model):
    key = String()
    secret = String()

class User(Model):
    login = String(required=True)
    name = String()
    role = String(choices=['admin', 'moderator', 'user'])
    email = Email(required=True)
    token = Embedded(Token, required=True)
    is_active = Boolean(default=False)
class fields.Boolean(*args, **kwargs)

Field subclass with builtin bool validation.

class fields.Collection(model, *args, **kwargs)

Field subclass with builtin list of models.Model validation, encoding and decoding.

Example:

class Token(Model):
    key = String()
    secret = String()

class User(Model):
    tokens = Collection(Token)


user = User({
    'tokens': [
        {
            'key': 'xxx',
            'secret': 'yyy'
        },
        {
            'key': 'zzz',
            'secret': 'xxx'
        },
    ]
})

user.tokens.append(Token(key='yyy', secret='xxx'))
class fields.Email(*args, **kwargs)

Field subclass with builtin email validation.

class fields.Embedded(model, *args, **kwargs)

Field subclass with builtin embedded models.Model validation.

class fields.Field(*validators, **kwargs)

This is the base class for all booby.fields. This class can also be used as field in any models.Model declaration.

Parameters:
  • default

    This field default‘s value.

    If passed a callable object then uses its return value as the field’s default. This is particularly useful when working with mutable objects.

    If default is a callable it can optionaly receive the owner model instance as its first positional argument.

  • required – If True this field value should not be None.
  • choices – A list of values where this field value should be in.
  • name – Specify an alternate key name to use when decoding and encoding.
  • read_only – If True, the value is treated normally in decoding but omitted during encoding.
  • *validators – A list of field validators as positional arguments.
class fields.Float(*args, **kwargs)

Field subclass with builtin float validation.

class fields.Integer(*args, **kwargs)

Field subclass with builtin integer validation.

class fields.List(*args, **kwargs)

Field subclass with builtin list validation and default value.

class fields.String(*args, **kwargs)

Field subclass with builtin string validation.