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wo/core/database.py

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+"""WordOps generic database creation module"""
+from sqlalchemy import create_engine
+from sqlalchemy.orm import scoped_session, sessionmaker
+from sqlalchemy.ext.declarative import declarative_base
+from wo.core.variables import WOVariables
+
+# db_path = self.app.config.get('site', 'db_path')
+engine = create_engine(WOVariables.wo_db_uri, convert_unicode=True)
+db_session = scoped_session(sessionmaker(autocommit=False,
+                                         autoflush=False,
+                                         bind=engine))
+Base = declarative_base()
+Base.query = db_session.query_property()
+
+
+def init_db(app):
+    """
+    Initializes and creates all tables from models into the database
+    """
+    # import all modules here that might define models so that
+    # they will be registered properly on the metadata.  Otherwise
+    # # you will have to import them first before calling init_db()
+    # import wo.core.models
+    try:
+        app.log.info("Initializing WordOps Database")
+        Base.metadata.create_all(bind=engine)
+    except Exception as e:
+        app.log.debug("{0}".format(e))