Baby ORM sketch

KamilionORM.py

class KamilionORM(object):

    required_fields = []
    db = None
    table = None
    
    @classmethod
    def create(cls, message, **properties):
        """
        Create a new KamilionORM object.
        @return: A special ORM object instantiated from the supplied data or None.
        """
        properties.update({'updated_at': r.now()})
        obj = {
            'meta': properties,
            'message': message
        }
        try:  # To make the database entry with the user_id
            db = rdb[cdb].split(':')
            inserted = r.db(db[0]).table(db[1]).insert(obj).run(g.rdb_conn)
        except RqlRuntimeError:
            return None

        return cls(inserted['generated_keys'][0])

    def check_required(self, results):
        # you could modify this a bit to allow required_fields to have
        # keys like "meta.name" etc, then split on periods.
        for field in self.required_fields:
            if field not in results['meta']:
                results['meta'][field] = "No" + field.capitalize()

    def __init__(self, uuid):
        db = rdb[cdb].split(':')
        try:
            results = r.db(self.db).table(self.table).get(uuid).run(g.rbd_conn)
        except RqlRuntimeError:
            print("TICKETSMODEL: InitTicket: Critical Failure: Saving Throw Failed! while looking up UUID: {}".format(uuid))

        self.check_required(results)
        
        for field, value in results['meta'].iteritems():
            setattr(self, field, value)

class Ticket(KamilionORM):
    require_fields = ['email', 'phone', 'name']
    table = 'tickets'
    db = 'products'