Flask-SQLAlchemy is an extension for Flask that adds support for SQLAlchemy to your application. It aims to simplify using SQLAlchemy with Flask by providing useful defaults and extra helpers that make it easier to accomplish common tasks.
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from flask import Flask from flask_sqlalchemy import SQLAlchemy from sqlalchemy.orm import DeclarativeBase, Mapped, mapped_column app = Flask(__name__) app.config["SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI"] = "sqlite:///example.sqlite" class Base(DeclarativeBase): pass db = SQLAlchemy(app, model_class=Base) class User(db.Model): id: Mapped[int] = mapped_column(primary_key=True) username: Mapped[str] = mapped_column(unique=True) with app.app_context(): db.create_all() db.session.add(User(username="example")) db.session.commit() users = db.session.scalars(db.select(User))