from sqlalchemy import create_engine from sqlalchemy.orm import sessionmaker import sys import sqlite3 sys.path.append('../../../../../src') from src.main.configs import Configs, DATABASE_USERNAME, DATABASE_PASSWORD, DATABASE_HOST, DATABASE_NAME ''' Stores a database session for use throughout the application. Must be initialized at startup before any database calls are made and AFTER the Configurations are setup. This shouldn't need to be touched after startup. To use, see the sqlalchemy docs...or just start by calling Session() and then use it to handle the necessary CRUD operations. You should NOT instantiate this in any method except the main application runner ''' class DatabaseSession(): session = None def __init__(self): config_map = Configs.configs db_string = self._pgsql_conn_string_(config_map) Session = sessionmaker(create_engine(db_string)) DatabaseSession.session = Session() # Look, this kinda sucks. But it's for fun and friends and I'm doing it quick and dirty. def _pgsql_conn_string_(self, config_map): return 'postgresql://%s:%s@%s/%s' % \ (config_map[DATABASE_USERNAME], config_map[DATABASE_PASSWORD], config_map[DATABASE_HOST], config_map[DATABASE_NAME]) def _sqlite_conn_string(self, config_map): return "sqlite:///ghostball.db"