Async SQLAlchemy: Best Practices for Async Python Applications
Using SQLAlchemy with async Python requires understanding async patterns. Here’s how. Setup from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import create_async_engine, AsyncSession from sqlalchemy.orm import sessionmaker engine = create_async_engine("postgresql+asyncpg://user:pass@localhost/db") AsyncSessionLocal = sessionmaker(engine, class_=AsyncSession, expire_on_commit=False) Async Models from sqlalchemy.ext.declarative import declarative_base from sqlalchemy import Column, Integer, String Base = declarative_base() class User(Base): __tablename__ = "users" id = Column(Integer, primary_key=True) name = Column(String) Async Operations async def create_user(name: str): async with AsyncSessionLocal() as session: user = User(name=name) session.add(user) await session.commit() return user async def get_user(user_id: int): async with AsyncSessionLocal() as session: result = await session.get(User, user_id) return result Best Practices Use async context managers Commit transactions explicitly Handle exceptions properly Use connection pooling Close sessions correctly Conclusion Build efficient async database applications with SQLAlchemy! 🐍