When to use SQLAlchemy .get() vs .filter(Foo.ID == primary_key_id).first()

Question

Just curious about when I would want to use one vs the other. How are they different?

We have our system set up such that we can do this:

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Answer 1

The first (.filter()) is more general: you can construct any conditional for any set of columns. The latter is a shortcut for the common case of a lookup by primary key.

(note: this is a first impression; I haven't used SQLAlchemy, though I do have many years of programming experience)