Quickstart

The fastest way to get started is to clone the quickstart repository. Alternatively, you can go through the manual below to create a new project from scratch.

Use the quickstart repository

Clone the quickstart repository:

git clone git@github.com:steebchen/prisma-go-demo.git && cd prisma-go-demo

Create the pre-defined SQLite database and generate the Go client:

go run github.com/steebchen/prisma-client-go db push

Finally, run the simple main program at main.go:

go run .
# created post: {
#   "id": "ckfnrp7ec0000oh9kygil9s94",
#   "createdAt": "2020-09-29T09:37:44.628Z",
#   "updatedAt": "2020-09-29T09:37:44.628Z",
#   "title": "Hi from Prisma!",
#   "published": true,
#   "desc": "Prisma is a database toolkit and makes databases easy."
# }
# post: {
#   "id": "ckfnrp7ec0000oh9kygil9s94",
#   "createdAt": "2020-09-29T09:37:44.628Z",
#   "updatedAt": "2020-09-29T09:37:44.628Z",
#   "title": "Hi from Prisma!",
#   "published": true,
#   "desc": "Prisma is a database toolkit and makes databases easy."
# }
# The posts's title is: Prisma is a database toolkit and makes databases easy.

Next steps

We just scratched the surface of what you can do. Read the advanced tutorial to learn about more complex queries and how you can query for relations.

You can also read the full docs at GoPrisma.

Manual setup

Initialize a new Go project

If you don’t have a Go project yet, initialize one using Go modules:

mkdir demo && cd demo
go mod init demo

Get Prisma Client Go

Install the Go module in your project:

go get github.com/steebchen/prisma-client-go

Prepare your Prisma database schema

Prepare your database schema in a schema.prisma file. For example, a simple schema with a sqlite database and Prisma Client Go as a generator with two models would look like this:

datasource db {
  // could be postgresql or mysql
  provider = "sqlite"
  url      = "file:dev.db"
}
 
generator db {
  provider = "go run github.com/steebchen/prisma-client-go"
}
 
model Post {
  id        String   @default(cuid()) @id
  createdAt DateTime @default(now())
  updatedAt DateTime @updatedAt
  title     String
  published Boolean
  desc      String?
}

Next, run db push to synchronize your schema with your database. It will also create the database if it doesn’t exist.

# sync the database with your schema
go run github.com/steebchen/prisma-client-go db push
# The Prisma Client Go client is automatically generated in your project.
# You can re-run this command any time to sync your schema with the database.

If you just want to re-generate the client, run go run github.com/steebchen/prisma-client-go generate.

To create a migration for your production database, use the Prisma migration tool migrate to create and migrate your database.

Usage

Create a file main.go (and adapt the import to the db folder if needed):

package main
 
import (
  "context"
  "encoding/json"
  "fmt"
 
  // adapt "demo" to your module name if it differs
  "demo/db"
)
 
func main() {
  if err := run(); err != nil {
    panic(err)
  }
}
 
func run() error {
  client := db.NewClient()
  if err := client.Prisma.Connect(); err != nil {
    return err
  }
 
  defer func() {
    if err := client.Prisma.Disconnect(); err != nil {
      panic(err)
    }
  }()
 
  ctx := context.Background()
 
  // create a post
  createdPost, err := client.Post.CreateOne(
    db.Post.Title.Set("Hi from Prisma!"),
    db.Post.Published.Set(true),
    db.Post.Desc.Set("Prisma is a database toolkit and makes databases easy."),
  ).Exec(ctx)
  if err != nil {
    return err
  }
 
  result, _ := json.MarshalIndent(createdPost, "", "  ")
  fmt.Printf("created post: %s\n", result)
 
  // find a single post
  post, err := client.Post.FindUnique(
    db.Post.ID.Equals(createdPost.ID),
  ).Exec(ctx)
  if err != nil {
    return err
  }
 
  result, _ = json.MarshalIndent(post, "", "  ")
  fmt.Printf("post: %s\n", result)
 
  // for optional/nullable values, you need to check the function and create two return values
  // `desc` is a string, and `ok` is a bool whether the record is null or not. If it's null,
  // `ok` is false, and `desc` will default to Go's default values; in this case an empty string (""). Otherwise,
  // `ok` is true and `desc` will be "my description".
  desc, ok := post.Desc()
  if !ok {
    return fmt.Errorf("post's description is null")
  }
 
  fmt.Printf("The posts's description is: %s\n", desc)
 
  return nil
}

make sure your go.mod is up-to-date:

go mod tidy

and then run it:

go run .

❯ go run .
created post: {
  "id": "ckfnrp7ec0000oh9kygil9s94",
  "createdAt": "2020-09-29T09:37:44.628Z",
  "updatedAt": "2020-09-29T09:37:44.628Z",
  "title": "Hi from Prisma!",
  "published": true,
  "desc": "Prisma is a database toolkit and makes databases easy."
}
post: {
  "id": "ckfnrp7ec0000oh9kygil9s94",
  "createdAt": "2020-09-29T09:37:44.628Z",
  "updatedAt": "2020-09-29T09:37:44.628Z",
  "title": "Hi from Prisma!",
  "published": true,
  "desc": "Prisma is a database toolkit and makes databases easy."
}
The posts's title is: Prisma is a database toolkit and makes databases easy.

Next steps

Read more about using the Go CLI for Prisma CLI commands such as generate, migrate, db, and introspect.

We just scratched the surface of what you can do. Read the advanced tutorial to learn about more complex queries and how you can query for relations.