Subgroup: Relation

Class: QgsRelation

class qgis.core.QgsRelation

Bases: sip.wrapper

Default constructor. Creates an invalid relation.

QgsRelation(QgsRelation)

Methods

addFieldPair Add a field pairs which is part of this relation The first element of each pair are the field names of the foreign key.
createFromXml Creates a relation from an XML structure.
fieldPairs Returns the field pairs which form this relation The first element of each pair are the field names of the foreign key.
generateId Generate a (project-wide) unique id for this relation
getReferencedFeature Creates a request to return the feature on the referenced (parent) layer which is referenced by the provided feature.
getReferencedFeatureRequest Creates a request to return the feature on the referenced (parent) layer which is referenced by the provided feature.
getRelatedFeatures Creates an iterator which returns all the features on the referencing (child) layer which have a foreign key pointing to the provided feature.
getRelatedFeaturesFilter Returns a filter expression which returns all the features on the referencing (child) layer which have a foreign key pointing to the provided feature.
getRelatedFeaturesRequest Creates a request to return all the features on the referencing (child) layer which have a foreign key pointing to the provided feature.
hasEqualDefinition Compares the two QgsRelation, ignoring the name and the ID.
id A (project-wide) unique id for this relation
isValid Returns the validity of this relation.
name Returns a human readable name for this relation.
referencedFields Returns a list of attributes used to form the referenced fields (most likely primary key) on the referenced (parent) layer.
referencedLayer Access the referenced (parent) layer
referencedLayerId Access the referenced (parent) layer’s id
referencingFields Returns a list of attributes used to form the referencing fields (foreign key) on the referencing (child) layer.
referencingLayer Access the referencing (child) layer This is the layer which has the field(s) which point to another layer
referencingLayerId Access the referencing (child) layer’s id This is the layer which has the field(s) which point to another layer
resolveReferencedField Get the referenced field counterpart given a referencing field.
resolveReferencingField Get the referencing field counterpart given a referenced field.
setId Set an id for this relation
setName Set a name for this relation
setReferencedLayer Set the referenced (parent) layer id.
setReferencingLayer Set the referencing (child) layer id.
setStrength Set a strength for this relation
strength Returns the relation strength as a string
writeXml Writes a relation to an XML structure.

Signals

Attributes

Association
Composition
Association = 0
Composition = 1
class RelationStrength

Bases: int

addFieldPair(self, referencingField: str, referencedField: str)

Add a field pairs which is part of this relation The first element of each pair are the field names of the foreign key. The second element of each pair are the field names of the matching primary key.

Parameters:
  • referencingField – The field name on the referencing (child) layer (FK)
  • referencedField – The field name on the referenced (parent) layer (PK)
createFromXml(node: QDomNode) → QgsRelation

Creates a relation from an XML structure. Used for reading .qgs projects.

Parameters:node – The dom node containing the relation information
Returns:A relation
fieldPairs(self) → Dict[str, str]

Returns the field pairs which form this relation The first element of each pair are the field names of the foreign key. The second element of each pair are the field names of the matching primary key.

Returns:The fields forming the relation
generateId(self)

Generate a (project-wide) unique id for this relation

New in version 3.0.

getReferencedFeature(self, feature: QgsFeature) → QgsFeature

Creates a request to return the feature on the referenced (parent) layer which is referenced by the provided feature.

Parameters:feature – A feature from the referencing (child) layer
Returns:A request the referenced feature
getReferencedFeatureRequest(self, attributes: object) → QgsFeatureRequest

Creates a request to return the feature on the referenced (parent) layer which is referenced by the provided feature.

Parameters:attributes – An attribute vector containing the foreign key
Returns:A request the referenced feature

Note

not available in Python bindings

getReferencedFeatureRequest(self, feature: QgsFeature) -> QgsFeatureRequest Creates a request to return the feature on the referenced (parent) layer which is referenced by the provided feature.

Parameters:feature – A feature from the referencing (child) layer
Returns:A request the referenced feature
getRelatedFeatures(self, feature: QgsFeature) → QgsFeatureIterator

Creates an iterator which returns all the features on the referencing (child) layer which have a foreign key pointing to the provided feature.

Parameters:feature – A feature from the referenced (parent) layer
Returns:An iterator with all the referenced features
getRelatedFeaturesFilter(self, feature: QgsFeature) → str

Returns a filter expression which returns all the features on the referencing (child) layer which have a foreign key pointing to the provided feature.

Parameters:feature – A feature from the referenced (parent) layer
Returns:expression filter string for all the referencing features

New in version 2.16.

getRelatedFeaturesRequest(self, feature: QgsFeature) → QgsFeatureRequest

Creates a request to return all the features on the referencing (child) layer which have a foreign key pointing to the provided feature.

Parameters:feature – A feature from the referenced (parent) layer
Returns:A request for all the referencing features
hasEqualDefinition(self, other: QgsRelation) → bool

Compares the two QgsRelation, ignoring the name and the ID.

Parameters:other – The other relation
Returns:true if they are similar

New in version 3.0.

id(self) → str

A (project-wide) unique id for this relation

Returns:The id
isValid(self) → bool

Returns the validity of this relation. Don’t use the information if it’s not valid.

Returns:true if the relation is valid
name(self) → str

Returns a human readable name for this relation. Mostly used as title for the children.

See also

id()

Returns:A name
referencedFields(self) → List[int]

Returns a list of attributes used to form the referenced fields (most likely primary key) on the referenced (parent) layer.

Returns:A list of attributes
referencedLayer(self) → QgsVectorLayer

Access the referenced (parent) layer

Returns:referenced layer
referencedLayerId(self) → str

Access the referenced (parent) layer’s id

Returns:The id of the referenced layer
referencingFields(self) → List[int]

Returns a list of attributes used to form the referencing fields (foreign key) on the referencing (child) layer.

Returns:A list of attributes
referencingLayer(self) → QgsVectorLayer

Access the referencing (child) layer This is the layer which has the field(s) which point to another layer

Returns:The referencing layer
referencingLayerId(self) → str

Access the referencing (child) layer’s id This is the layer which has the field(s) which point to another layer

Returns:The id of the referencing layer
resolveReferencedField(self, referencingField: str) → str

Get the referenced field counterpart given a referencing field.

New in version 3.0.

resolveReferencingField(self, referencedField: str) → str

Get the referencing field counterpart given a referenced field.

New in version 3.0.

setId(self, id: str)

Set an id for this relation

setName(self, name: str)

Set a name for this relation

setReferencedLayer(self, id: str)

Set the referenced (parent) layer id. This layer will be searched in the registry.

setReferencingLayer(self, id: str)

Set the referencing (child) layer id. This layer will be searched in the registry.

setStrength(self, strength: QgsRelation.RelationStrength)

Set a strength for this relation

New in version 3.0.

strength(self) → QgsRelation.RelationStrength

Returns the relation strength as a string

Returns:strength

New in version 3.0.

writeXml(self, node: QDomNode, doc: QDomDocument)

Writes a relation to an XML structure. Used for saving .qgs projects

Parameters:
  • node – The parent node in which the relation will be created
  • doc – The document in which the relation will be saved