How to INSERT into a database using JOIN - python-3.x

Question

I'm currently using PeeWee together with Python and I have managed to create a cool application
CREATE TABLE stores (
id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY,
store_name TEXT
);
CREATE TABLE products (
id SERIAL,
store_id INTEGER NOT NULL,
title TEXT,
image TEXT,
url TEXT UNIQUE,
added_date timestamp without time zone NOT NULL DEFAULT NOW(),
PRIMARY KEY(id, store_id)
);
ALTER TABLE products
ADD CONSTRAINT "FK_products_stores" FOREIGN KEY ("store_id")
REFERENCES stores (id) MATCH SIMPLE
ON UPDATE NO ACTION
ON DELETE RESTRICT;
which has been converted to peewee by following code:
# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
class Stores(Model):
id = IntegerField(column_name='id')
store_name = TextField(column_name='store_name')
class Meta:
database = postgres_pool
db_table = "stores"
#classmethod
def get_all(cls):
try:
return cls.select(cls.id, cls.store_name).order_by(cls.store)
except Stores.IntegrityError:
return None
# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
class Products(Model):
id = IntegerField(column_name='id')
title = TextField(column_name='title')
url = TextField(column_name='url')
image = TextField(column_name='image')
store = ForeignKeyField(Stores, backref='products')
class Meta:
database = postgres_pool
db_table = "products"
#classmethod
def add_product(cls, pageData, store_name):
"""
INSERT
INTO
public.products(store_id, title, image, url)
VALUES((SELECT id FROM stores WHERE store_name = 'footish'), 'Teva Flatform Universal Pride',
'https://www.footish.se/sneakers/teva-flatform-universal-pride-t1116376',
'https://www.footish.se/pub_images/large/teva-flatform-universal-pride-t1116376-p77148.jpg?timestamp=1623417840')
"""
try:
return cls.insert(
store_id=cls.select(cls.store.id).join(Stores).where(cls.store.store_name == store_name).get().store.id,
title=pageData.title,
url=pageData.url,
image=pageData.image,
).execute()
except Products.DoesNotExist:
return None
However I have realized that working with id's is quite faster than working with text and I have an issue where I am trying to figure out what would be the best way to insert the ID. I did get a comment regarding my code as for today:
your insert isn't' referencing "stores" at all so not sure what your hoping to get from that since you have a sub query there
I am a bit confused what that means however my question is that I would like to know which approach is the correct way to insert
Is it better on start of application, to store the id as a variable and pass the variable into a insert function (argument)
Or to call store_id=cls.select(cls.store.id).join(Stores).where(cls.store.store_name == store_name).get().store.id where I instead pass the store_name and then it would return the correct id?
My first thought is that by doing the number 2, that is like doing 2 queries instead of one? but I might be wrong. Looking forward to know!

Answer 1

This is quite incorrect:
# Wrong
store_id=cls.select(cls.store.id).join(Stores).where(cls.store.store_name == store_name).get().store.id,
Correct:
try:
store = Stores.select().where(Stores.name == store_name).get()
except Stores.DoesNotExist:
# the store name does not exist. do whatever?
return
Products.insert(store=store, ...rest-of-fields...).execute()