DB

apex.lib.db.get_object_or_404(session, model, **kw)

Django’s get_object_or_404 function

apex.lib.db.get_or_create(session, model, **kw)

Django’s get_or_create function

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2546207/does-sqlalchemy-have-an-equivalent-of-djangos-get-or-create

apex.lib.db.merge_session_with_post(session, post)

Basic function to merge data into an sql object. This function doesn’t work with relations.