import orm import databases import sqlalchemy database = databases.Database("sqlite:///db.sqlite") metadata = sqlalchemy.MetaData() class Album(orm.Model): __tablename__ = "album" __metadata__ = metadata __database__ = database id = orm.Integer(primary_key=True) name = orm.String(length=100) class Track(orm.Model): __tablename__ = "track" __metadata__ = metadata __database__ = database id = orm.Integer(primary_key=True) album = orm.ForeignKey(Album, nullable=False) title = orm.String(length=100) position = orm.Integer() album = await Album.objects.create(name="Brooklyn") await Track.objects.create(album=album, title="The Bird", position=1) # explicit preload of related Album Model track = await Track.objects.select_related("album").get(title="The Bird") assert track.album.name == 'Brooklyn' # Will produce: True # even without explicit select_related if ForeignKey is not nullable, # the Album Model is still preloaded. track2 = await Track.objects.get(title="The Bird") assert track2.album.name == 'Brooklyn' # Will produce: True