add()#

relationalai.ContextSelect
#ContextSelect.add(item: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> None

Adds an item to a ContextSelect object. Must be used in a rule or query context.

Parameters#

NameTypeDescription
itemAnyThe item to be added.
**kwargsAny(Optional) Keyword arguments that set context-specific properties on added items.

Returns#

None

Example#

#import relationalai as rai

model = rai.Model("books")
Book = model.Type("Book")

# Add some books to the model.
with model.rule():
    Book.add(title="Foundation", author="Isaac Asimov", year=1951)
    Book.add(title="Humble Pi", author="Matt Parker", year=2019)

# Get all books authored by Isaac Asimov or published after 1950.
with model.query() as select:
    book = Book()
    # 'matched' is a ContextSelect object.
    with model.match(multiple=True) as matched:
        with book.author == "Isaac Asimov":
            matched.add(book, message="authored by Asimov")
        with book.year > 1950:
            matched.add(book, message="published after 1950")
    response = select(matched.title, matched.author, matched.message)

print(response.results)
# Output:
#         title        author                     v
# 0  Foundation  Isaac Asimov    authored by Asimov
# 1  Foundation  Isaac Asimov  published after 1950
# 2   Humble Pi   Matt Parker  published after 1950

Calling .add() on the same ContextSelect object with different keyword arguments raises an exception. Since .add() sets a message property the first time it’s called in the preceding example, so must the second call to .add().

Note that the column for the .message property in the results has the generic name v. You may change the column name using alias():

#from relationalai.std import alias

with model.query() as select:
    book = Book()
    with model.match(multiple=True) as matched:
        with book.author == "Isaac Asimov":
            matched.add(book, message="authored by Asimov")
        with book.year > 1950:
            matched.add(book, message="published after 1950")
    response = select(
        matched.title, matched.author, alias(matched.message, "message")
    )

print(response.results)
# Output:
#         title        author               message
# 0  Foundation  Isaac Asimov    authored by Asimov
# 1  Foundation  Isaac Asimov  published after 1950
# 2   Humble Pi   Matt Parker  published after 1950

See Also#