Is it possible to add to a SQLAlchemy relationship using ids rather than objects?
For example, consider two declarative SQLAlchemy classes, Review and Artist, with a relationship between them:
class Review(Base):
artist_id = Column(Integer, ForeignKey('artist.id'))
artist = relationship(Artist, backref=backref('reviews', order_by=id))
# etc.
class Artist(Base):
# etc.
With a list of review ids to add to an artist, I seem to need to look up the artist from the id, then add the artist object to the review, like this:
for review_id in review_ids:
review = session.query(Review).filter(Review.id==review_id).first()
artist.reviews.append(review)
I'm sure it would be more efficient to skip the lookup and just add the ids, but is this possible?