When fetching pydantic models from the database with sqlmodel, and you cannot select your item by id, you probably need to use a where clause. This is the sqlmodel way of doing it.
> Here is a snippet of how I am using sqlmodel select and where to find a post by link in my thoughts database.
``` python
@post_router.get("/link/")
async def get_post_by_link(
*,
session: Session = Depends(get_session),
link: str,
) -> PostRead:
"get one post by link"
link = urllib.parse.unquote(link)
print(f'link: {link}')
post = session.exec(select(Post).where(Post.link==link)).first()
if not post:
raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail=f"Post not found for link: {link}")
return post
```
!!! note
This post is a thought. It's a short note that I make
about someone else's content online #thoughts
