DataLoader
DataLoader is a very important component in pydantic-resolve, utilizing a third-party independent library aiodataloader. It is often used as a dependency in GraphQL-related libraries.
It can solve the N+1 query problem in GraphQL by combining multiple concurrent queries into a single batch query to optimize performance.
The internal mechanism of pydantic-resolve is somewhat similar to GraphQL, so it can be directly used to handle data loading. For some simple DataLoaders, reuse with other Python GraphQL frameworks can also be achieved.
For example, the code introduced in the introduction, when batch processing get_cars_by_child, multiple triggers occur, causing the N+1 query problem. We can solve this with DataLoader.
class Child(BaseModel):
id: int
name: str
cars: List[Car] = []
# async def resolve_cars(self):
# return await get_cars_by_child(self.id)
cars: List[Car] = []
async def resolve_cars(self, loader=LoaderDepend(CarLoader)):
return await loader.load(self.id)
description: str = ''
def post_description(self):
desc = ', '.join([c.name for c in self.cars])
return f'{self.name} owns {len(self.cars)} cars, they are: {desc}'
children = await Resolver.resolve([
Child(id=1, name="Titan"), Child(id=1, name="Siri")])
Creating a DataLoader
There are two ways to create a DataLoader object. One is by inheritance:
from aiodataloader import DataLoader
class UserLoader(DataLoader):
max_batch_size = 20
async def batch_load_fn(self, keys):
return await my_batch_get_users(keys)
user_loader = UserLoader()
The inheritance method allows setting some aiodataloader related parameters, such as using max_batch_size = 20 to slice and parallelize the keys.
These parameters are reserved parameter names for aiodataloader, so be careful not to use the same names when adding new parameters.
The other way is to directly create an async def batch_load_fn(keys) method, and pydantic-resolve will use DataLoader(batch_load_fn) to create an instance internally.
Generally, it is recommended to use the first method, and the reasons will be explained later.
Next, we will introduce a series of features provided by pydantic-resolve based on DataLoader:
Multi-layer Data Stitching
Take Company, Office, and Member as examples. Office and Member have dataloaders that return their data, as long as the corresponding office_id and member_id are provided.
- OfficeLoader gets the corresponding Office list through company_id
- MemberLoader gets the Member list through office_id
Taking OfficeLoader as an example, passing in company_ids returns an array of offices obtained in the order of company_ids.
For example, input company_ids = [1, 2, 3], return [[office_1, office_2], [office_3], [office_4]], which means company 1 has [office_1, office_2], and so on.
build_list is a helper method provided by pydantic-resolve to simplify the assembly process
class OfficeLoader(DataLoader)
async def batch_load_fn(self, company_ids):
offices = await get_offices_by_company_ids(company_ids)
return build_list(offices, company_ids, lambda x: x['company_id']) # Assuming the data is a dict
class Company(BaseModel):
id: int
name: str
offices: List[Office] = []
def resolve_offices(self, loader=LoaderDepend(OfficeLoader)):
return loader.load(self.id) # Returns a Future
class Office(BaseModel):
id: int
company_id: int
name: str
members: List[Member] = []
def resolve_members(self, loader=LoaderDepend(MemberLoader)):
return loader.load(self.id) # Returns a Future
class Member(BaseModel):
id: int
office_id: int
name: str
companies = [
Company(id=1, name='Aston'),
Compay(id=2, name="Nicc"),
Company(id=3, name="Carxx")
]
companies = await Resolver().resolve(companies)
In this code, Company extends the offices data, and then Office extends the members data. During the entire process, the batch_load_fn in OfficeLoader and MemberLoader only executes once, regardless of the number of Offices and members.
Of course, if max_batch_size is relatively small, multiple batch_load_fn may be executed concurrently
Providing Parameters and Cloning
DataLoader can add parameters, but be careful to avoid conflicts with the default parameters in aiodataloader: batch, max_batch_size, cache, cache_key_fn, cache_map.
For example, add a status parameter to OfficeLoader to filter open offices.
class OfficeLoader(DataLoader)
status: Literal['open', 'closed', 'inactive']
async def batch_load_fn(self, company_ids):
offices = await get_offices_by_company_ids_by_status(company_ids, self.status)
return build_list(offices, company_ids, lambda x: x['company_id'])
The defined parameters can be set in the Resolver through loader_params.
companies = [
Company(id=1, name='Aston'),
Compay(id=2, name="Nicc"),
Company(id=3, name="Carxx")
]
companies = await Resolver(
loader_params={
OfficeLoader: {
'status': 'open'
}
}
).resolve(companies)
There is still a problem here. What if you need to get both open and closed data at the same time?
class Company(BaseModel):
id: int
name: str
open_offices: List[Office] = []
def resolve_open_offices(self, loader=LoaderDepend(OfficeLoader)):
return loader.load(self.id)
closed_offices: List[Office] = []
def resolve_closed_offices(self, loader=LoaderDepend(OfficeLoader)):
return loader.load(self.id)
Different conditions for the data cannot be provided by a single OfficeLoader. pydantic-resolve provides a tool to clone two OfficeLoaders.
from pydantic_resolve import copy_dataloader_kls
OfficeLoader1 = copy_dataloader_kls('OfficeLoader1', OfficeLoader)
OfficeLoader2 = copy_dataloader_kls('OfficeLoader2', OfficeLoader)
class Company(BaseModel):
id: int
name: str
open_offices: List[Office] = []
def resolve_open_offices(self, loader=LoaderDepend(OfficeLoader1)):
return loader.load(self.id)
closed_offices: List[Office] = []
def resolve_closed_offices(self, loader=LoaderDepend(OfficeLoader2)):
return loader.load(self.id)
companies = [
Company(id=1, name='Aston'),
Company(id=2, name="Nicc"),
Company(id=3, name="Carxx")
]
companies = await Resolver(
loader_params={
OfficeLoader1: {
'status': 'open'
}，
OfficeLoader2: {
'status': 'closed'
}
}
).resolve(companies)
Handling DataLoader Return Values
If you need to process the return value of loader.load(self.id), you can change resolve_offices to async.
class Company(BaseModel):
id: int
name: str
offices: List[Office] = []
async def resolve_offices(self, loader=LoaderDepend(OfficeLoader)):
offices = await loader.load(self.id)
return [of for of in offices if of['status'] == 'open']
In addition, pydantic-resolve does not restrict the name or number of loaders, so the following usage is also allowed. The example given is a bit strange though.
class Company(BaseModel):
id: int
name: str
offices: List[Office] = []
async def resolve_offices(
self,
office_loader=LoaderDepend(OfficeLoader),
manager_loader=LoaderDepend(ManagerLoader)):
offices = await office_loader.load(self.id)
managers = await manager_loader.load(self.id)
offices = [of for of in offices if of['manager'] in managers]
return offices
Pre-generating DataLoader Instances
You can generate DataLoader instances in advance and set the data in advance, so you can use the cache mechanism of DataLoader to avoid query overhead during the resolve() phase.
This can be helpful in some specific scenarios.
loader = SomeLoader()
loader.prime('tangkikodo', ['tom', 'jerry'])
loader.prime('john', ['mike', 'wallace'])
data = await Resolver(loader_instances={SomeLoader: loader}).resolve(data)
Viewing DataLoader Instance Data
If you want to know which instances DataLoader has initialized and what data it has obtained, you can print it out to check.