PostgresKit is an SQLKit driver for PostgreSQL clients.

Overview

PostgresKit supports building and serializing Postgres-dialect SQL queries using SQLKit's API. PostgresKit uses PostgresNIO to connect and communicate with the database server asynchronously. AsyncKit is used to provide connection pooling.

Important: It is strongly recommended that users who leverage PostgresKit directly (e.g. absent the Fluent ORM layer) take advantage of PostgresNIO's PostgresClient API for connection management rather than relying upon the legacy AsyncKit API.

Usage

Reference this package in your Package.swift to include it in your project.

.package(url: "https://github.com/vapor/postgres-kit.git", from: "2.0.0")

Supported Platforms

PostgresKit supports the following platforms:

• Ubuntu 20.04+
• macOS 10.15+

Configuration

Database connection options and credentials are specified using a SQLPostgresConfiguration struct.

import PostgresKit

let configuration = SQLPostgresConfiguration(
    hostname: "localhost",
    username: "vapor_username",
    password: "vapor_password",
    database: "vapor_database"
)

URL-based configuration is also supported.

guard let configuration = SQLPostgresConfiguration(url: "postgres://...") else {
    ...
}

To connect via unix-domain sockets, use SQLPostgresConfiguration/init(unixDomainSocketPath:username:password:database:) instead of SQLPostgresConfiguration/init(hostname:port:username:password:database:tls:).

let configuration = PostgresConfiguration(
    unixDomainSocketPath: "/path/to/socket",
    username: "vapor_username",
    password: "vapor_password",
    database: "vapor_database"
)

Connection Pool

Once you have a SQLPostgresConfiguration, you can use it to create a connection source and pool.

let eventLoopGroup: EventLoopGroup = NIOSingletons.posixEventLoopGroup
let pools = EventLoopGroupConnectionPool(
    source: PostgresConnectionSource(configuration: configuration), 
    on: eventLoopGroup
)

// When you're done:
try await pools.shutdownAsync()

First create a PostgresConnectionSource using the configuration struct. This type is responsible for creating new connections to your database server as needed.

Next, use the connection source to create an EventLoopGroupConnectionPool. You will also need to pass an EventLoopGroup. For more information on creating an EventLoopGroup, visit SwiftNIO's documentation. Make sure to shutdown the connection pool before it deinitializes.

EventLoopGroupConnectionPool is a collection of pools for each event loop. When using EventLoopGroupConnectionPool directly, random event loops will be chosen as needed.

pools.withConnection { conn 
    print(conn) // PostgresConnection on randomly chosen event loop
}

To get a pool for a specific event loop, use pool(for:). This returns an EventLoopConnectionPool.

let eventLoop: EventLoop = ...
let pool = pools.pool(for: eventLoop)

pool.withConnection { conn
    print(conn) // PostgresConnection on eventLoop
}

PostgresDatabase

Both EventLoopGroupConnectionPool and EventLoopConnectionPool can be used to create instances of PostgresDatabase.

let postgres = pool.database(logger: ...) // PostgresDatabase
let rows = try postgres.simpleQuery("SELECT version();").wait()

Visit PostgresNIO's docs for more information on using PostgresDatabase.

SQLDatabase

A PostgresDatabase can be used to create an instance of SQLDatabase.

let sql = postgres.sql() // SQLDatabase
let planets = try sql.select().column("*").from("planets").all().wait()

Visit SQLKit's docs for more information on using SQLDatabase.