howto create db mysql with sqlalchemy

Question

I need to create a db in mysql using sqlalchemy, I am able to connect to a db if it already exists, but I want to be able to create it if it does not exist. this are my tabl

Answer 1

You can use SQLAlchemy-Utils for that.

pip install sqlalchemy-utils

Then you can do things like

from sqlalchemy_utils import create_database, database_exists
url = 'mysql://{0}:{1}@{2}:{3}'.format(user, pass, host, port)
if not database_exists(url):
    create_database(url)

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