Add database items

Use the method DatabaseManager().add_item() to add an object to the database like this:

from perseus.datamanager import DatabaseManager, Institute

db_manager = DatabaseManager()

new_institute = Institute(
    name="Fachbereich Physik",
    secondary_names=["Department of Physics"],
    organization_id="67af0dd2616acdff502c8f88g",
)
oid = db_manager.add_item(new_institute)
if oid is not None:
    ...

DatabaseManager().add_item() will either return the inserted object id or None in case something went wrong.

If the object already exists in the database (meaning its object id is already used), DatabaseManager().add_item() will update the already existing database item. Have a look here: Update items