Switching from SQLite to MySQL with Flask SQLAlchemy

Question

I have a site that I\'ve built with Flask SQLAlchemy and SQLite, and need to switch to MySQL. I have migrated the database itself and have it running under MySQL, but

Answer 1

The accepted answer was correct at the time, but the syntax in the import statement has been deprecated.

This:

from flask.ext.sqlalchemy import SQLAlchemy

Should be replaced with:

import flask_sqlalchemy

Since questions regarding database connections tend to get traffic and stay relevant for a long time, it's worth having on the record.

The deprecation is in the Flask Version 1.0 Changelog, which actually uses this module in the example:

flask.ext - import extensions directly by their name instead of through the flask.ext namespace. For example, import flask.ext.sqlalchemy becomes import flask_sqlalchemy.