Add max_length validation for VARCHAR/CHAR in Pydantic models (issue …

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - `table_prefix` and `table_suffix` parameters for class name customization
 - Boolean defaults 0/1 converted to False/True
 - Expanded `datetime_now_check` with more SQL datetime keywords
+- VARCHAR(n) and CHAR(n) now generate `Field(max_length=n)` for Pydantic validation (issue #48)
 
 **SQLAlchemy 2.0 Support (issue #49)**
 - New `sqlalchemy_v2` models type with modern SQLAlchemy 2.0 syntax

omymodels/models/pydantic/core.py

@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@
 from omymodels.models.pydantic.types import types_mapping
 from omymodels.types import big_integer_types, integer_types, string_types, text_types
 
+# Types that support max_length constraint
+MAX_LENGTH_TYPES = string_types
+
 
 class ModelGenerator:
     def __init__(self):
@@ -74,9 +77,18 @@ def get_not_custom_type(self, type_str: str) -> str:
             self.typing_imports.add("List")
         return _type
 
+    def _should_add_max_length(self, column: Column) -> bool:
+        """Check if column should have max_length constraint."""
+        if not column.size:
+            return False
+        # Only add max_length for string types (varchar, char, etc.), not text
+        original_type = column.type.lower().split("[")[0]
+        return original_type in MAX_LENGTH_TYPES
+
     def generate_attr(self, column: Column, defaults_off: bool) -> str:
         _type = None
         original_type = column.type  # Keep original for array detection
+        max_length = column.size if self._should_add_max_length(column) else None
 
         if column.nullable:
             self.typing_imports.add("Optional")
@@ -99,13 +111,20 @@ def generate_attr(self, column: Column, defaults_off: bool) -> str:
         arg_name = column.name
         field_params = None
 
-        # Check if we need Field() for alias or generated column
+        # Check if we need Field() for alias, generated column, or max_length
         generated_as = getattr(column, "generated_as", None)
-        if not self._is_valid_identifier(column.name) or generated_as is not None:
-            field_params = self._get_field_params(column, defaults_off)
+        needs_field = (
+            not self._is_valid_identifier(column.name)
+            or generated_as is not None
+            or max_length is not None
+        )
+
+        if needs_field:
+            field_params = self._get_field_params(column, defaults_off, max_length)
             if field_params:
                 self.imports.add("Field")
-            arg_name = self._generate_valid_identifier(column.name)
+            if not self._is_valid_identifier(column.name):
+                arg_name = self._generate_valid_identifier(column.name)
         else:
             if column.default is not None and not defaults_off:
                 field_params = self._get_default_value_string(column)
@@ -118,20 +137,28 @@ def generate_attr(self, column: Column, defaults_off: bool) -> str:
 
         return column_str
 
-    def _get_field_params(self, column: Column, defaults_off: bool) -> str:
+    def _get_field_params(
+        self, column: Column, defaults_off: bool, max_length: int = None
+    ) -> str:
         params = []
 
         if not self._is_valid_identifier(column.name):
             params.append(f'alias="{column.name}"')
 
-        if column.default is not None and not defaults_off:
+        # For nullable fields with max_length, add default=None
+        if column.nullable and max_length is not None and not defaults_off:
+            params.append("default=None")
+        elif column.default is not None and not defaults_off:
             if default_value := self._get_default_value_string(column):
                 params.append(f"default{default_value.replace(' ', '')}")
 
         generated_as = getattr(column, "generated_as", None)
         if generated_as is not None:
             params.append("exclude=True")
 
+        if max_length is not None:
+            params.append(f"max_length={max_length}")
+
         if params:
             return f" = Field({', '.join(params)})"
         return ""

omymodels/models/pydantic_v2/core.py

@@ -6,7 +6,10 @@
 from omymodels.helpers import create_class_name, datetime_now_check
 from omymodels.models.pydantic_v2 import templates as pt
 from omymodels.models.pydantic_v2.types import types_mapping
-from omymodels.types import datetime_types
+from omymodels.types import datetime_types, string_types
+
+# Types that support max_length constraint
+MAX_LENGTH_TYPES = string_types
 
 
 class ModelGenerator:
@@ -49,8 +52,17 @@ def get_not_custom_type(self, column: Column) -> str:
             self.uuid_import = True
         return _type
 
+    def _should_add_max_length(self, column: Column) -> bool:
+        """Check if column should have max_length constraint."""
+        if not column.size:
+            return False
+        # Only add max_length for string types (varchar, char, etc.), not text
+        original_type = column.type.lower().split("[")[0]
+        return original_type in MAX_LENGTH_TYPES
+
     def generate_attr(self, column: Column, defaults_off: bool) -> str:
         _type = None
+        max_length = column.size if self._should_add_max_length(column) else None
 
         # Pydantic v2 uses X | None syntax
         if column.nullable:
@@ -65,14 +77,43 @@ def generate_attr(self, column: Column, defaults_off: bool) -> str:
 
         column_str = column_str.format(arg_name=column.name, type=_type)
 
-        if column.default is not None and not defaults_off:
+        # Handle max_length with Field()
+        if max_length is not None:
+            self.imports.add("Field")
+            field_params = []
+            # Handle defaults
+            if column.nullable and not defaults_off:
+                field_params.append("default=None")
+            elif column.default is not None and not defaults_off:
+                default_val = self._get_default_value(column)
+                if default_val:
+                    field_params.append(f"default={default_val}")
+            field_params.append(f"max_length={max_length}")
+            column_str += f" = Field({', '.join(field_params)})"
+        elif column.default is not None and not defaults_off:
             column_str = self.add_default_values(column_str, column)
         elif column.nullable and not defaults_off:
             # Nullable fields without explicit default should default to None
             column_str += pt.pydantic_default_attr.format(default="None")
 
         return column_str
 
+    def _get_default_value(self, column: Column) -> str:
+        """Get formatted default value for Field()."""
+        if column.default is None or str(column.default).upper() == "NULL":
+            return ""
+
+        # Handle datetime default values
+        if column.type.upper() in datetime_types:
+            if datetime_now_check(column.default.lower()):
+                return "datetime.datetime.now()"
+
+        # Add quotes for string defaults if not already quoted
+        default_val = column.default
+        if isinstance(default_val, str) and "'" not in default_val and '"' not in default_val:
+            default_val = f"'{default_val}'"
+        return default_val
+
     @staticmethod
     def add_default_values(column_str: str, column: Column) -> str:
         # Handle datetime default values

tests/functional/generator/test_pydantic_models.py

@@ -19,17 +19,17 @@ def test_pydantic_models_generator():
 
     expected = """from datetime import datetime
 from typing import Optional
-from pydantic import BaseModel
+from pydantic import BaseModel, Field
 
 
 class UserHistory(BaseModel):
     runid: Optional[float]
     job_id: Optional[float]
-    id: str
-    user: str
-    status: str
+    id: str = Field(max_length=100)
+    user: str = Field(max_length=100)
+    status: str = Field(max_length=10)
     event_time: datetime = datetime.now()
-    comment: str = 'none'
+    comment: str = Field(default='none', max_length=1000)
 """
     assert result == expected
 
@@ -320,3 +320,53 @@ class TestDefaults(BaseModel):
     col_timestamp: Optional[datetime]
 """
     assert expected == result["code"]
+
+
+def test_pydantic_varchar_max_length():
+    """Test that VARCHAR(n) generates Field(max_length=n).
+
+    Regression test for issue #48.
+    """
+    ddl = """
+CREATE TABLE users (
+    id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY,
+    name VARCHAR(100) NOT NULL,
+    email VARCHAR(255),
+    bio TEXT
+);
+"""
+    result = create_models(ddl, models_type="pydantic")
+    expected = """from typing import Optional
+from pydantic import BaseModel, Field
+
+
+class Users(BaseModel):
+    id: int
+    name: str = Field(max_length=100)
+    email: Optional[str] = Field(default=None, max_length=255)
+    bio: Optional[str]
+"""
+    assert expected == result["code"]
+
+
+def test_pydantic_char_max_length():
+    """Test that CHAR(n) generates Field(max_length=n).
+
+    Regression test for issue #48.
+    """
+    ddl = """
+CREATE TABLE codes (
+    code CHAR(10) NOT NULL,
+    description VARCHAR(200)
+);
+"""
+    result = create_models(ddl, models_type="pydantic")
+    expected = """from typing import Optional
+from pydantic import BaseModel, Field
+
+
+class Codes(BaseModel):
+    code: str = Field(max_length=10)
+    description: Optional[str] = Field(default=None, max_length=200)
+"""
+    assert expected == result["code"]

tests/functional/generator/test_pydantic_v2_models.py

@@ -21,18 +21,18 @@ def test_pydantic_v2_models_generator():
     expected = """from __future__ import annotations
 
 import datetime
-from pydantic import BaseModel
+from pydantic import BaseModel, Field
 
 
 class UserHistory(BaseModel):
 
     runid: float | None = None
     job_id: float | None = None
-    id: str
-    user: str
-    status: str
+    id: str = Field(max_length=100)
+    user: str = Field(max_length=100)
+    status: str = Field(max_length=10)
     event_time: datetime.datetime = datetime.datetime.now()
-    comment: str = 'none'
+    comment: str = Field(default='none', max_length=1000)
 """
     assert result == expected
 
@@ -241,3 +241,57 @@ class OptionalData(BaseModel):
     active: bool | None = None
 """
     assert expected == result
+
+
+def test_pydantic_v2_varchar_max_length():
+    """Test that VARCHAR(n) generates Field(max_length=n) in Pydantic v2.
+
+    Regression test for issue #48.
+    """
+    ddl = """
+CREATE TABLE users (
+    id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY,
+    name VARCHAR(100) NOT NULL,
+    email VARCHAR(255),
+    bio TEXT
+);
+"""
+    result = create_models(ddl, models_type="pydantic_v2")
+    expected = """from __future__ import annotations
+
+from pydantic import BaseModel, Field
+
+
+class Users(BaseModel):
+
+    id: int
+    name: str = Field(max_length=100)
+    email: str | None = Field(default=None, max_length=255)
+    bio: str | None = None
+"""
+    assert expected == result["code"]
+
+
+def test_pydantic_v2_char_max_length():
+    """Test that CHAR(n) generates Field(max_length=n) in Pydantic v2.
+
+    Regression test for issue #48.
+    """
+    ddl = """
+CREATE TABLE codes (
+    code CHAR(10) NOT NULL,
+    description VARCHAR(200)
+);
+"""
+    result = create_models(ddl, models_type="pydantic_v2")
+    expected = """from __future__ import annotations
+
+from pydantic import BaseModel, Field
+
+
+class Codes(BaseModel):
+
+    code: str = Field(max_length=10)
+    description: str | None = Field(default=None, max_length=200)
+"""
+    assert expected == result["code"]

tests/integration/pydantic/test_pydantic.py

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import os
 
+import pytest
+
 from omymodels import create_models
 
 
@@ -31,3 +33,36 @@ def test_pydantic_models_are_working_as_expected(load_generated_code) -> None:
     assert used_model
 
     os.remove(os.path.abspath(module.__file__))
+
+
+def test_pydantic_max_length_validation(load_generated_code) -> None:
+    """Integration test: verify max_length constraint is enforced (issue #48)."""
+    from pydantic import ValidationError
+
+    ddl = """
+    CREATE TABLE users (
+        id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY,
+        name VARCHAR(10) NOT NULL,
+        email VARCHAR(50)
+    );
+    """
+    result = create_models(ddl, models_type="pydantic")["code"]
+
+    module = load_generated_code(result)
+
+    # Valid data within max_length
+    user = module.Users(id=1, name="John", email="john@example.com")
+    assert user.name == "John"
+    assert user.email == "john@example.com"
+
+    # Name exceeds max_length of 10
+    with pytest.raises(ValidationError) as exc_info:
+        module.Users(id=2, name="A" * 11, email="test@example.com")
+    assert "name" in str(exc_info.value)
+
+    # Email exceeds max_length of 50
+    with pytest.raises(ValidationError) as exc_info:
+        module.Users(id=3, name="Jane", email="a" * 51)
+    assert "email" in str(exc_info.value)
+
+    os.remove(os.path.abspath(module.__file__))