Ecto is a toolkit for data mapping and language integrated query for Elixir. Here is an example:
# In your config/config.exs file config :my_app, ecto_repos: [Sample.Repo] config :my_app, Sample.Repo, database: "ecto_simple", username: "postgres", password: "postgres", hostname: "localhost", port: "5432" # In your application code defmodule Sample.Repo do use Ecto.Repo, otp_app: :my_app, adapter: Ecto.Adapters.Postgres end defmodule Sample.Weather do use Ecto.Schema schema "weather" do field :city # Defaults to type :string field :temp_lo, :integer field :temp_hi, :integer field :prcp, :float, default: 0.0 end end defmodule Sample.App do import Ecto.Query alias Sample.{Weather, Repo} def keyword_query do query = from w in Weather, where: w.prcp > 0 or is_nil(w.prcp), select: w Repo.all(query) end def pipe_query do Weather |> where(city: "Kraków") |> order_by(:temp_lo) |> limit(10) |> Repo.all end end
Ecto is commonly used to interact with databases, such as Postgres and MySQL via Ecto.Adapters.SQL (source code). Ecto is also commonly used to map data from any source into Elixir structs, regardless if they are backed by a database or not.
See the getting started guide and the online documentation.
Also checkout the "What's new in Ecto 2.1" free ebook to learn more about many features since Ecto 2.1 such as many_to_many
, schemaless queries, concurrent testing, upsert and more. Note the book still largely applies to Ecto 3.0 as the major change in Ecto 3.0 was the split of Ecto in two repositories (ecto
and ecto_sql
) and the removal of the outdated Ecto datetime types in favor of Elixir's Calendar types.
You need to add both Ecto and the database adapter as a dependency to your mix.exs
file. The supported databases and their adapters are:
For example, if you want to use PostgreSQL, add to your mix.exs
file:
defp deps do [ {:ecto_sql, "~> 3.0"}, {:postgrex, ">= 0.0.0"} ] end
Then run mix deps.get
in your shell to fetch the dependencies. If you want to use another database, just choose the proper dependency from the table above.
Finally, in the repository definition, you will need to specify the adapter:
respective to the chosen dependency. For PostgreSQL it is:
defmodule MyApp.Repo do use Ecto.Repo, otp_app: :my_app, adapter: Ecto.Adapters.Postgres, ...Branch Support v3.0 Bug fixes v2.2 Security patches only v2.1 Unsupported from 10/2018 v2.0 Unsupported from 08/2017 v1.1 Unsupported from 03/2018 v1.0 Unsupported from 05/2017
With the version 3.0, Ecto has become API stable. This means no more new features, although we will continue providing bug fixes and updates. For everyone running Ecto in production, rest assured that Ecto will continue to be a well maintained project with the same production quality and polish that our users are familiar with.
Clone the repo and fetch its dependencies:
$ git clone https://github.com/elixir-ecto/ecto.git
$ cd ecto
$ mix deps.get
$ mix test
"Ecto" and the Ecto logo are copyright (c) 2012 Plataformatec.
The Ecto logo was designed by Dane Wesolko.
Ecto source code is licensed under the Apache 2 License.
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