SQLite.swift

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A type-safe, [Swift][]-language layer over [SQLite3][].

[SQLite.swift][] provides compile-time confidence in SQL statement
syntax _and_ intent.

Features

• A pure-Swift interface
• A type-safe, optional-aware SQL expression builder
• A flexible, chainable, lazy-executing query layer
• Automatically-typed data access
• A lightweight, uncomplicated query and parameter binding interface
• Developer-friendly error handling and debugging
• [Full-text search][] support
• [Well-documented][See Documentation]
• Extensively tested
• [SQLCipher][] support via Swift Package Manager
• [Schema query/migration][]
• First-class WAL mode and journaling configuration via

Connection(_, journalMode: .wal) and the enableWAL() / walCheckpoint(...)
APIs

• Works on Linux (with some limitations)
• Active support at

StackOverflow,
and Gitter Chat Room
(_experimental_)

[SQLCipher]: https://www.zetetic.net/sqlcipher/
[Full-text search]: Documentation/Index.md#full-text-search
[Schema query/migration]: Documentation/Index.md#querying-the-schema
[See Documentation]: Documentation/Index.md#sqliteswift-documentation

Usage

import SQLite

// Wrap everything in a do...catch to handle errors
do {
    let db = try Connection("path/to/db.sqlite3")

    let users = Table("users")
    let id = SQLite.Expression<Int64>("id")
    let name = SQLite.Expression<String?>("name")
    let email = SQLite.Expression<String>("email")

    try db.run(users.create { t in
        t.column(id, primaryKey: true)
        t.column(name)
        t.column(email, unique: true)
    })
    // CREATE TABLE "users" (
    //     "id" INTEGER PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL,
    //     "name" TEXT,
    //     "email" TEXT NOT NULL UNIQUE
    // )

    let insert = users.insert(name <- "Alice", email <- "alice@mac.com")
    let rowid = try db.run(insert)
    // INSERT INTO "users" ("name", "email") VALUES ('Alice', 'alice@mac.com')

    for user in try db.prepare(users) {
        print("id: (user[id]), name: (user[name]), email: (user[email])")
        // id: 1, name: Optional("Alice"), email: alice@mac.com
    }
    // SELECT * FROM "users"

    let alice = users.filter(id == rowid)

    try db.run(alice.update(email <- email.replace("mac.com", with: "me.com")))
    // UPDATE "users" SET "email" = replace("email", 'mac.com', 'me.com')
    // WHERE ("id" = 1)

    try db.run(alice.delete())
    // DELETE FROM "users" WHERE ("id" = 1)

    try db.scalar(users.count) // 0
    // SELECT count(*) FROM "users"
} catch {
    print (error)
}

Note that Expression should be written as SQLite.Expression to avoid
conflicts with the SwiftUI.Expression if you are using SwiftUI too.

SQLite.swift also works as a lightweight, Swift-friendly wrapper over the C
API.

// Wrap everything in a do...catch to handle errors
do {
    // ...

    let stmt = try db.prepare("INSERT INTO users (email) VALUES (?)")
    for email in ["betty@icloud.com", "cathy@icloud.com"] {
        try stmt.run(email)
    }

    db.totalChanges    // 3
    db.changes         // 1
    db.lastInsertRowid // 3

    for row in try db.prepare("SELECT id, email FROM users") {
        print("id: (row[0]), email: (row[1])")
        // id: Optional(2), email: Optional("betty@icloud.com")
        // id: Optional(3), email: Optional("cathy@icloud.com")
    }

    try db.scalar("SELECT count(*) FROM users") // 2
} catch {
    print (error)
}

[Read the documentation][See Documentation] or explore more,
interactively, from the Xcode project’s playground.

Installation

Swift Package Manager

The [Swift Package Manager][] is a tool for managing the distribution of
Swift code.

1. Add the following to your Package.swift file:

  dependencies: [
      .package(url: "https://github.com/stephencelis/SQLite.swift.git", from: "0.16.0")
  ]

1. Build your project:

  $ swift build

See the Tests/SPM folder for a small demo project which uses SPM.

[Swift Package Manager]: https://swift.org/package-manager

Carthage

[Carthage][] is a simple, decentralized dependency manager for Cocoa. To
install SQLite.swift with Carthage:

1. Make sure Carthage is [installed][Carthage Installation].

1. Update your Cartfile to include the following:

    github "stephencelis/SQLite.swift" ~> 0.16.0

1. Run carthage update and

[add the appropriate framework][Carthage Usage].

[Carthage]: https://github.com/Carthage/Carthage
[Carthage Installation]: https://github.com/Carthage/Carthage#installing-carthage
[Carthage Usage]: https://github.com/Carthage/Carthage#adding-frameworks-to-an-application

CocoaPods

[CocoaPods][] is a dependency manager for Cocoa projects. To install
SQLite.swift with CocoaPods:

1. Make sure CocoaPods is [installed][CocoaPods Installation].

    # Using the default Ruby install will require you to use sudo when
    # installing and updating gems.
    [sudo] gem install cocoapods

1. Update your Podfile to include the following:

    use_frameworks!

    target 'YourAppTargetName' do
        pod 'SQLite.swift', '~> 0.15.0'
    end

1. Run pod install --repo-update.

[CocoaPods]: https://cocoapods.org
[CocoaPods Installation]: https://guides.cocoapods.org/using/getting-started.html#getting-started

Manual

To install SQLite.swift as an Xcode sub-project:

1. Drag the SQLite.xcodeproj file into your own project.

([Submodule][], clone, or [download][] the project first.)

1. In your target’s General tab, click the + button under **Linked

Frameworks and Libraries**.

1. Select the appropriate SQLite.framework for your platform.

1. Add.

Some additional steps are required to install the application on an actual
device:

1. In the General tab, click the + button under **Embedded

Binaries**.

1. Select the appropriate SQLite.framework for your platform.

1. Add.

[Xcode]: https://developer.apple.com/xcode/downloads/
[Submodule]: https://git-scm.com/book/en/Git-Tools-Submodules
[download]: https://github.com/stephencelis/SQLite.swift/archive/master.zip

Communication

[Read the contributing guidelines][]. The _TL;DR_ (but please; _R_):

• Need help or have a general question? [Ask on Stack

Overflow][] (tag sqlite.swift).

• Found a bug or have a feature request? [Open an issue][].
• Want to contribute? [Submit a pull request][].

[Read the contributing guidelines]: ./CONTRIBUTING.md#contributing
[Ask on Stack Overflow]: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/sqlite.swift
[Open an issue]: https://github.com/stephencelis/SQLite.swift/issues/new
[Submit a pull request]: https://github.com/stephencelis/SQLite.swift/fork

Original author

• Stephen Celis

(@stephencelis)

License

SQLite.swift is available under the MIT license. See [the LICENSE
file](./LICENSE.txt) for more information.

Related

These projects enhance or use SQLite.swift:

• [SQLiteMigrationManager.swift][] (inspired by

[FMDBMigrationManager][])

Alternatives

Looking for something else? Try another Swift wrapper (or [FMDB][]):

• GRDB
• SQLiteDB

[Swift]: https://swift.org/
[SQLite3]: https://www.sqlite.org
[SQLite.swift]: https://github.com/stephencelis/SQLite.swift

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[SQLiteMigrationManager.swift]: https://github.com/garriguv/SQLiteMigrationManager.swift
[FMDB]: https://github.com/ccgus/fmdb
[FMDBMigrationManager]: https://github.com/layerhq/FMDBMigrationManager