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Pranth Pidikkunna Chinthakal

Ajeeb.K.P — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 04:30:00 +0000

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How to use Django ORM in FastAPI

Ajeeb.K.P — Sun, 09 Nov 2025 09:03:24 +0000

Intro

Django was my go to framework for anything. I still Love Django framework. I thought, nicest thing was Django's ORM. So, I try here to integrate Django ORM with FastAPI.

Content

I created a folder for project first.

mkdir django.orm.with.fastapi
cd django.orm.with.fastapi

Then I did a few django project specific bootstrapping here with following commands. That dot (ie. ".") at the end describe where the project is created. Rest you probably know or you can search and understand or ask LLM easily.

django-admin startproject config .
python manage.py startapp app1
# Now add app1 to INSTALLED_APPS
INSTALLED_APPS = [
    ...
    "app1",
]
# end of settings.py file editing
python manage.py migrate

Now project folder is something like this. Kindly note, app.py is a FastAPI file, I created.

✦ ❯ tree | grep -v pyc
.
├── app1
│   ├── admin.py
│   ├── apps.py
│   ├── __init__.py
│   ├── migrations
│   │   ├── 0001_initial.py
│   │   ├── __init__.py
│   ├── models.py
│   ├── tests.py
│   └── views.py
├── app.py
├── config
│   ├── asgi.py
│   ├── __init__.py
│   ├── settings.py
│   ├── urls.py
│   └── wsgi.py
├── db.sqlite3
├── manage.py
└── requirements.txt

Now add a model into app1/models.py

class Todo(models.Model):
    task = models.CharField(max_length=200)
    is_done = models.BooleanField(default=False)

    def __str__(self):
        return self.task

And here is the minimalist app.py (FastAPI file)

from typing import Union

from fastapi import FastAPI

app = FastAPI()

items = []


@app.get("/")
def read_root():
    return {"Hello": "World"}

These lines are crux of this article

import os
import django
os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "config.settings")
django.setup()

Now read updated FastAPI and see how it utilize the Django ORM for Creating and Listing the Todo Modal Instances into DB.

import os
import django
from typing import Union

os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "config.settings")
django.setup()
from fastapi import FastAPI
from app1.models import Todo

app = FastAPI()

items = []


@app.get("/{name}")
def read_root(name: str) -> Union[str, dict]:
    return {"Hello": name}


@app.get("/todos/")
def get_todos():
    todos = Todo.objects.all()
    return [{"id": todo.pk, "task": todo.task, "is_done": todo.is_done} for todo in todos]  

@app.post("/todos/")
def create_todo(task: str):
    new_todo = Todo(task=task)
    new_todo.save()
    return {"id": new_todo.pk, "task": new_todo.task, "is_done": new_todo.is_done}

Tip

If you're stuck at reproducing this. Have a look at github repo in reference section of this article. Github contains a branch async-create-and-list with async version of the same.

Reference

https://fastapi.tiangolo.com/#create-it
https://www.sahilfruitwala.com/blog/fastAPI-with-Django-ORM
https://github.com/ajeebkp23/django.orm.with.fastapi

How to access shared folders in UTM Ubuntu VM

Ajeeb.K.P — Mon, 06 Oct 2025 03:39:29 +0000

Install Guest Tools in Ubuntu

For VirtIO-FS or SPICE WebDAV to function correctly, you need the appropriate guest tools installed. Open a terminal in your Ubuntu VM and run the following command to ensure they are present
bash sudo apt update sudo apt install spice-vdagent spice-webdavd davfs2

If you've configured a VirtIO-FS share in UTM's settings, you'll need to manually mount it.

Create a directory where you will mount the shared folder:

bash
mkdir ~/shared

Mount the shared folder using the virtiofs type. The share name used by UTM is typically share.

bash
sudo mount -t virtiofs share ~/shared

You can now access your shared files in the ~/shared directory.

To make the mount permanent, you can add an entry to your /etc/fstab file, which will automatically mount the directory on boot.

How to get Product Key from Hardware

Ajeeb.K.P — Tue, 30 Jul 2024 19:17:07 +0000

Use below command from Debian Based Linux Distribution to find the product Key.

sudo strings /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/MSDM

This can be used in VirtualBox

Disclaimer: I'm not sure about Legal terms. I'm NOT using Windows in any other machine. Same machine, but inside this Virtual Machine only.

Grub-customizer:Install to MBR - NVME Disk

Ajeeb.K.P — Sun, 16 Jun 2024 21:34:07 +0000

I have multiple OS installed. Each have it's own bootloader/grub. I had done customization in grub-customizer. I want to make my current os bootloader default.

Find the nvme disk name
df -h

I see few entries like /dev/nvme0n1p1. I can understand last p1 stands for partition. I removed it, /dev/nvme0n1. This value, /dev/nvme0n1 is used successfully along with File -> Install to MBR ....

Vue.js build failed on low ram

Ajeeb.K.P — Sun, 25 Feb 2024 01:53:33 +0000

Intro

Vue.js build was failing in my Linux Server. It had only 1GB of RAM. But, I had configured some decent amount of swap. So, it was NOT supposed to fail. Luckily my search engine showed me the solution quickly.

Solution

export NODE_OPTIONS=--max-old-space-size=4096

Note:-
4096 is swap+ram size in MB, if I remember correctly.

Reference

https://github.com/nodejs/help/issues/1783#issuecomment-465997543

clipboard sync with sudo vim

Ajeeb.K.P — Thu, 23 Nov 2023 01:50:32 +0000

Intro

This post explains, how to sync the system clipboard with vim while using sudo.

Install some gui for vim

Some GUI version of vim like vim-gtk3, vim-gtk, or vim-athena for making clipboard work. Because, the plain vim is not compiled with clipboard flags enabled (at least in Debian based Distros).

sudo apt install vim-gtk3

Configure clipboard

Switch to root user
sudo su

Now edit root user's vimrc (vim config file)
vim ~/.vimrc

Add this line,

set clipboard=unnamed,unnamedplus

Pro tip

Use a minimal vim config like this to make your life easier

set tabstop=4
set shiftwidth=4
set softtabstop=4
set expandtab
set nu
set ic
set is
set smartindent
set clipboard=unnamed,unnamedplus
syntax on

Result

After following this post, you will be able to work with sudo vim and the system clipboard will sync once you copy/cut/paste the content from vim.

How to install mycli for root

Ajeeb.K.P — Sun, 22 Oct 2023 17:02:44 +0000

Intro

You might be using following command as a workaround in your local environment for avoiding setting a mysql password

sudo mysql

But, what if you want to use mycli.

Note: if you just use sudo pip install <some_package_name> This might break the system, as python dependencies of the system may get affected.

How to enable mycli

Switch to root account
sudo su

Create a virtualenv in root user's home folder (or where ever you like :-) )
python -m venv /root/venv

Add this venv to load by default in root account.

vim ~/.bashrc

# Add this conent . /root/venv/bin/activate

Now you can use

sudo mycli

Note

Just use pip install command to install similar tools like pgcli too samve venv (ie. /root/venv). But, pgcli doesn't support this root login, as far I know.

pip install pgcli

Links

https://github.com/dbcli
https://www.dbcli.com/

CopyQ Shortcut not working under Wayland - quick fix

Ajeeb.K.P — Sun, 22 Oct 2023 15:28:58 +0000

If CopyQ used under X11 in Linux, it's keyboard shortcut can be set from it's UI. But, that was not working under KDE Wayland Session (Probably, under Gnome or others too).

Workaround

I did a workaround by adding a shortcut from KDE.

Search for Shortcuts in start menu search.
Open it, and Use Add Command button to add a command of

copyq toggle

Set a shortcut to this newly created command.

Credits

https://github.com/hluk/CopyQ/issues/27

How to connect to wifi

Ajeeb.K.P — Sun, 15 Oct 2023 19:26:33 +0000

Export your password

export WIFI_PASSWORD=<your-password>

If you don't want to see your password in bash history, just add a space before above command. This is not specific to this command, for any command in bash shell.

How to see existing wifi list

sudo nmcli dev wifi

Connect to your WiFi

sudo nmcli dev wifi connect "<your-wifi-name-or-ssid>" password "$WIFI_PASSWORD"

My Favorite Resources about Malayalam Language - Tools/Techniques/Resources

Ajeeb.K.P — Fri, 29 Jul 2022 03:25:00 +0000

Intro

This is a list of links which help me to learn more about Malayalam computing. I'm planning to keep this list updated. Any suggestions are welcome [But, I keep this for my personal reference only].

ibus not working with Flatpak apps

Ajeeb.K.P — Sun, 24 Jul 2022 06:17:00 +0000

Quicknote

Set env variable correctly.

Here is one example.

flatpak run --env=GTK_IM_MODULE=ibus org.telegram.desktop

Here is another example. This looks like a permanent fix to me.

sudo flatpak override --system --env=GTK_IM_MODULE=ibus

Other possible variables, Showing ~/.bashrc format just adapt like above example

#export GTK_IM_MODULE=$im 
#export QT_IM_MODULE=$im 
#export XMODIFIERS=@im=$im 
#export INPUT_METHOD=$im 
#export SDL_IM_MODULE=$im

Credits

https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/issues/1671#issuecomment-437288456