CRUD (Reference)

This page describes how to perform CRUD operations with Prisma Client:

Create - Insert records
Read - Query records
Update - Modify records
Delete - Remove records

See the Prisma Client API reference for detailed method documentation.

Create

Create a single record

const user = await prisma.user.create({
  data: {
    email: "elsa@prisma.io",
    name: "Elsa Prisma",
  },
});

The id is auto-generated. Your schema determines which fields are mandatory.

Create multiple records

const createMany = await prisma.user.createMany({
  data: [
    { name: "Bob", email: "bob@prisma.io" },
    { name: "Yewande", email: "yewande@prisma.io" },
  ],
  skipDuplicates: true, // Skip records with duplicate unique fields
});
// Returns: { count: 2 }

skipDuplicates is not supported on MongoDB, SQLServer, or SQLite.

Create and return multiple records

Supported by PostgreSQL, CockroachDB, and SQLite.

const users = await prisma.user.createManyAndReturn({
  data: [
    { name: "Alice", email: "alice@prisma.io" },
    { name: "Bob", email: "bob@prisma.io" },
  ],
});

See Nested writes for creating records with relations.

Read

Get record by ID or unique field

// By unique field
const user = await prisma.user.findUnique({
  where: { email: "elsa@prisma.io" },
});

// By ID
const user = await prisma.user.findUnique({
  where: { id: 99 },
});

Get all records

const users = await prisma.user.findMany();

Get first matching record

const user = await prisma.user.findFirst({
  where: { posts: { some: { likes: { gt: 100 } } } },
  orderBy: { id: "desc" },
});

Filter records

// Single field filter
const users = await prisma.user.findMany({
  where: { email: { endsWith: "prisma.io" } },
});

// Multiple conditions with OR/AND
const users = await prisma.user.findMany({
  where: {
    OR: [{ name: { startsWith: "E" } }, { AND: { profileViews: { gt: 0 }, role: "ADMIN" } }],
  },
});

// Filter by related records
const users = await prisma.user.findMany({
  where: {
    email: { endsWith: "prisma.io" },
    posts: { some: { published: false } },
  },
});

See Filtering and sorting for more examples.

Select fields

const user = await prisma.user.findUnique({
  where: { email: "emma@prisma.io" },
  select: { email: true, name: true },
});
// Returns: { email: 'emma@prisma.io', name: "Emma" }

const users = await prisma.user.findMany({
  where: { role: "ADMIN" },
  include: { posts: true },
});

See Select fields and Relation queries for more.

Update

Update a single record

const updateUser = await prisma.user.update({
  where: { email: "viola@prisma.io" },
  data: { name: "Viola the Magnificent" },
});

Update multiple records

const updateUsers = await prisma.user.updateMany({
  where: { email: { contains: "prisma.io" } },
  data: { role: "ADMIN" },
});
// Returns: { count: 19 }

Update and return multiple records

Supported by PostgreSQL, CockroachDB, and SQLite.

const users = await prisma.user.updateManyAndReturn({
  where: { email: { contains: "prisma.io" } },
  data: { role: "ADMIN" },
});

Upsert (update or create)

const upsertUser = await prisma.user.upsert({
  where: { email: "viola@prisma.io" },
  update: { name: "Viola the Magnificent" },
  create: { email: "viola@prisma.io", name: "Viola the Magnificent" },
});

To emulate findOrCreate(), use upsert() with an empty update parameter.

Atomic number operations

await prisma.post.updateMany({
  data: {
    views: { increment: 1 },
    likes: { increment: 1 },
  },
});

See Relation queries for connecting and disconnecting related records.

Delete\n

Delete a single record

The following query uses delete() to delete a single User record:

const deleteUser = await prisma.user.delete({
  where: {
    email: "bert@prisma.io",
  },
});

Attempting to delete a user with one or more posts result in an error, as every Post requires an author - see cascading deletes.

Delete multiple records

The following query uses deleteMany() to delete all User records where email contains prisma.io:

const deleteUsers = await prisma.user.deleteMany({
  where: {
    email: {
      contains: "prisma.io",
    },
  },
});

Attempting to delete a user with one or more posts result in an error, as every Post requires an author - see cascading deletes.

Delete all records

The following query uses deleteMany() to delete all User records:

const deleteUsers = await prisma.user.deleteMany({});

Be aware that this query will fail if the user has any related records (such as posts). In this case, you need to delete the related records first.

You can configure cascading deletes using referential actions.

The following query uses delete() to delete a single User record:

const deleteUser = await prisma.user.delete({
  where: {
    email: "bert@prisma.io",
  },
});

However, the example schema includes a required relation between Post and User, which means that you cannot delete a user with posts:

The change you are trying to make would violate the required relation 'PostToUser' between the `Post` and `User` models.

To resolve this error, you can:

Make the relation optional:

model Post {
  id       Int   @id @default(autoincrement())
  author   User? @relation(fields: [authorId], references: [id]) 
  authorId Int?
  author   User  @relation(fields: [authorId], references: [id]) 
  authorId Int
}

Change the author of the posts to another user before deleting the user.

Delete a user and all their posts with two separate queries in a transaction (all queries must succeed):

const deletePosts = prisma.post.deleteMany({
  where: {
    authorId: 7,
  },
});

const deleteUser = prisma.user.delete({
  where: {
    id: 7,
  },
});

const transaction = await prisma.$transaction([deletePosts, deleteUser]);

Delete all records from all tables

Sometimes you want to remove all data from all tables but keep the actual tables. This can be particularly useful in a development environment and whilst testing.

The following shows how to delete all records from all tables with Prisma Client and with Prisma Migrate.

Deleting all data with `deleteMany()`

When you know the order in which your tables should be deleted, you can use the deleteMany function. This is executed synchronously in a $transaction and can be used with all types of databases.

const deletePosts = prisma.post.deleteMany();
const deleteProfile = prisma.profile.deleteMany();
const deleteUsers = prisma.user.deleteMany();

// The transaction runs synchronously so deleteUsers must run last.
await prisma.$transaction([deleteProfile, deletePosts, deleteUsers]);

✅ Pros:

Works well when you know the structure of your schema ahead of time
Synchronously deletes each tables data

❌ Cons:

When working with relational databases, this function doesn't scale as well as having a more generic solution which looks up and TRUNCATEs your tables regardless of their relational constraints. Note that this scaling issue does not apply when using the MongoDB connector.

Note: The $transaction performs a cascading delete on each models table so they have to be called in order.

Deleting all data with raw SQL / `TRUNCATE`

If you are comfortable working with raw SQL, you can perform a TRUNCATE query on a table using $executeRawUnsafe.

In the following examples, the first tab shows how to perform a TRUNCATE on a Postgres database by using a $queryRaw look up that maps over the table and TRUNCATES all tables in a single query.

The second tab shows performing the same function but with a MySQL database. In this instance the constraints must be removed before the TRUNCATE can be executed, before being reinstated once finished. The whole process is run as a $transaction

const tablenames = await prisma.$queryRaw<
  Array<{ tablename: string }>
>`SELECT tablename FROM pg_tables WHERE schemaname='public'`;

const tables = tablenames
  .map(({ tablename }) => tablename)
  .filter((name) => name !== "_prisma_migrations")
  .map((name) => `"public"."${name}"`)
  .join(", ");

try {
  await prisma.$executeRawUnsafe(`TRUNCATE TABLE ${tables} CASCADE;`);
} catch (error) {
  console.log({ error });
}

✅ Pros:

Scalable
Very fast

❌ Cons:

Can't undo the operation
Using reserved SQL key words as tables names can cause issues when trying to run a raw query

Deleting all records with Prisma Migrate

If you use Prisma Migrate, you can use migrate reset, this will:

Drop the database
Create a new database
Apply migrations
Seed the database with data

Advanced query examples

Create a deeply nested tree of records

A single User
Two new, related Post records
Connect or create Category per post

const u = await prisma.user.create({
  include: {
    posts: {
      include: {
        categories: true,
      },
    },
  },
  data: {
    email: "emma@prisma.io",
    posts: {
      create: [
        {
          title: "My first post",
          categories: {
            connectOrCreate: [
              {
                create: { name: "Introductions" },
                where: {
                  name: "Introductions",
                },
              },
              {
                create: { name: "Social" },
                where: {
                  name: "Social",
                },
              },
            ],
          },
        },
        {
          title: "How to make cookies",
          categories: {
            connectOrCreate: [
              {
                create: { name: "Social" },
                where: {
                  name: "Social",
                },
              },
              {
                create: { name: "Cooking" },
                where: {
                  name: "Cooking",
                },
              },
            ],
          },
        },
      ],
    },
  },
});

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