Prisma Kysely Extension

Writing and maintaining raw SQL queries for Prisma can be a tedious and error-prone task. The moment you need to write a query that is not supported out-of-the-box by Prisma, you lose all of that type-safety and autocompletion. This is where prisma-extension-kysely comes in! It allows you to easily write raw SQL queries in a type-safe manner with kysely and integrate them seamlessly with Prisma.

And the best part? You can use all of your favorite kysely plugins with prisma-extension-kysely too!

You don't have to take our word for it, though:

I have to say, this is BY FAR the most amazing community package I've seen in the Prisma ecosystem!

It makes it so much more convenient to drop down to raw SQL when needed without sacrificing DX — best of both worlds! 🚀

— Nikolas Burk, DevRel @ Prisma

Features

• Type-safe — Write raw SQL queries in a type-safe manner with kysely
• Seamless integration — Use kysely queries with Prisma as if they were native
• Autocompletion — Get autocompletion for your queries in your IDE
• Type inference — Get type inference for your queries in your IDE

Get started

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Install the dependencies:

1npm install prisma-extension-kysely kysely

Set up the excellent prisma-kysely library to automatically generate types for your database:

1npm install -D prisma-kysely

Add prisma-kysely as a generator to your schema.prisma:

1generator kysely {
2  provider = "prisma-kysely"
3}

Generate the types:

1npx prisma generate

Extend your Prisma Client:

1import kyselyExtension from "prisma-extension-kysely";
2import type { DB } from "./prisma/generated/types";
3
4const prisma = new PrismaClient().$extends(
5  kyselyExtension({
6    kysely: (driver) =>
7      new Kysely<DB>({
8        dialect: {
9          // This is where the magic happens!
10          createDriver: () => driver,
11          // Don't forget to customize these to match your database!
12          createAdapter: () => new PostgresAdapter(),
13          createIntrospector: (db) => new PostgresIntrospector(db),
14          createQueryCompiler: () => new PostgresQueryCompiler(),
15        },
16        plugins: [
17          // Add your favorite plugins here!
18        ],
19      }),
20  }),
21);

It's that simple! Now you can write raw SQL queries with kysely and use them with Prisma:

1// Replace this...
2const result = prisma.$queryRaw`SELECT * FROM User WHERE id = ${id}`;
3
4// With this!
5const query = prisma.$kysely
6  .selectFrom("User")
7  .selectAll()
8  .where("id", "=", id);
9
10// Thanks to kysely's magic, everything is type-safe!
11const result = await query.execute();
12
13// You can also execute queries without fetching the results
14await prisma.$kysely.deleteFrom("User").where("id", "=", id).execute();

Transactions

Prisma's interactive transactions are fully supported by prisma-extension-kysely! Just remeber to use tx.$kysely instead of prisma.$kysely, and you're good to go:

1await prisma.$transaction(async (tx) => {
2  await tx.$kysely
3    .insertInto("User")
4    .values({ id: 1, name: "John Doe" })
5    .execute();
6
7  await tx.$kysely
8    .insertInto("User")
9    .values({ id: 2, name: "Jane Doe" })
10    .execute();
11});

Don't try to use Kysely's transaction method directly, though. It's not supported by prisma-extension-kysely, and it will throw an error if you try to use it.

1// Don't do this! Prefer prisma.$transaction instead.
2await prisma.$kysely.transaction().execute(async (trx) => {});

Plugins

Do you love Kysely's plugins? So do we! You can use them with prisma-extension-kysely as well:

1const prisma = new PrismaClient().$extends(
2  kyselyExtension({
3    kysely: (driver) =>
4      new Kysely<DB>({
5        dialect: {
6          createDriver: () => driver,
7          createAdapter: () => new PostgresAdapter(),
8          createIntrospector: (db) => new PostgresIntrospector(db),
9          createQueryCompiler: () => new PostgresQueryCompiler(),
10        },
11        // Use your favorite plugins!
12        plugins: [new CamelCasePlugin()],
13      }),
14  }),
15);

If you're using the CamelCasePlugin, don't forget to add the camelCase option to your Prisma schema too:

1generator kysely {
2  provider = "prisma-kysely"
3  camelCase = true
4}

Take a look at the camel case example to see it in action! Check out the Kysely documentation for more information about plugins.

Read Replicas

Using read replicas with prisma-extension-kysely is a breeze! Just use the excellent @prisma/extension-read-replicas extension as normal. Pay attention to how it's configured, though:

1// Use a common config for primary and replica clients (or different configs)
2const kyselyExtensionArgs: PrismaKyselyExtensionArgs<DB> = {
3  kysely: (driver) =>
4    new Kysely<DB>({
5      dialect: {
6        createAdapter: () => new SqliteAdapter(),
7        createDriver: () => driver,
8        createIntrospector: (db) => new SqliteIntrospector(db),
9        createQueryCompiler: () => new SqliteQueryCompiler(),
10      },
11    }),
12};
13
14// Initialize the replica client(s) and add the Kysely extension
15const replicaClient = new PrismaClient({
16  datasourceUrl: "YOUR_REPLICA_URL", // Replace this with your replica's URL!
17  log: [{ level: "query", emit: "event" }],
18}).$extends(kyselyExtension(kyselyExtensionArgs));
19
20// Initialize the primary client and add the Kysely extension and the read replicas extension
21const prisma = new PrismaClient()
22  .$extends(kyselyExtension(kyselyExtensionArgs)) // Apply the Kysely extension before the read replicas extension!
23  .$extends(
24    readReplicas({
25      replicas: [replicaClient],
26    }),
27  ); // Apply the read replicas extension after the Kysely extension!

See how we're setting up the replica client as a fully-fledged Prisma client and extending it separately? That's the secret sauce! It make sure that the replica client has a separate Kysely instance. If you try to use bare URLs, you'll run into trouble; it'll share the same Kysely instance as the primary client, and you'll get unpleasant surprises!

1// Don't do this! It won't work as expected.
2readReplicas({
3  url: "postgresql://user:password@localhost:5432/dbname",
4});

Also, note that we're applying the Kysely extension before the read replicas extension. This is important! If you apply the read replicas extension first, you won't get .$kysely on the primary client.

Check out the read replicas example for a runnable example!

Examples

Check out the examples directory for a sample project!

1cd examples/basic
2npm install
3npx prisma db push
4npm run dev

Learn more

• Kysely
• prisma-kysely

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.