SQLAlchemy create_all() does not create tables
I'm trying to integrate PostgreSQL and SQLAlchemy but SQLAlchemy.create_all() is not creating any tables from my models.
My code:
from flask import Flask
from flask.ext.sqlalchemy import SQLAlchemy
app = Flask(__name__)
app.config['SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI'] = 'postgresql+psycopg2://login:pass@localhost/flask_app'
db = SQLAlchemy(app)
db.create_all()
db.session.commit()
class User(db.Model):
id = db.Column(db.Integer, primary_key=True)
username = db.Column(db.String(80), unique=True)
email = db.Column(db.String(120), unique=True)
def __init__(self, username, email):
self.username = username
self.email = email
def __repr__(self):
return '<User %r>' % self.username
admin = User('admin', '[email protected]')
guest = User('guest', '[email protected]')
db.session.add(admin)
db.session.add(guest)
db.session.commit()
users = User.query.all()
print users
But I get this error: sqlalchemy.exc.ProgrammingError: (ProgrammingError) relation "user" does not exist
How can I fix this?
Answer
You should put your model class before create_all() call, like this:
from flask import Flask
from flask_sqlalchemy import SQLAlchemy
app = Flask(__name__)
app.config['SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI'] = 'postgresql+psycopg2://login:pass@localhost/flask_app'
db = SQLAlchemy(app)
class User(db.Model):
id = db.Column(db.Integer, primary_key=True)
username = db.Column(db.String(80), unique=True)
email = db.Column(db.String(120), unique=True)
def __init__(self, username, email):
self.username = username
self.email = email
def __repr__(self):
return '<User %r>' % self.username
db.create_all()
db.session.commit()
admin = User('admin', '[email protected]')
guest = User('guest', '[email protected]')
db.session.add(admin)
db.session.add(guest)
db.session.commit()
users = User.query.all()
print users
If your models are declared in a separate module, import them before calling create_all().
Say, the User model is in a file called models.py,
from flask import Flask
from flask_sqlalchemy import SQLAlchemy
app = Flask(__name__)
app.config['SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI'] = 'postgresql+psycopg2://login:pass@localhost/flask_app'
db = SQLAlchemy(app)
# See important note below
from models import User
db.create_all()
db.session.commit()
admin = User('admin', '[email protected]')
guest = User('guest', '[email protected]')
db.session.add(admin)
db.session.add(guest)
db.session.commit()
users = User.query.all()
print users
Important note: It is important that you import your models after initializing the db object since, in your models.py _you also need to import the db object from this module.