-from sqlalchemy import MetaData, Table, create_engine, orm
+from sqlalchemy import MetaData, Table, engine_from_config, orm
from ..defaults import get_default_db_uri
from .tables import metadata
-def connect(uri=None, session_args={}, engine_args={}):
+def connect(uri=None, session_args={}, engine_args={}, engine_prefix=''):
"""Connects to the requested URI. Returns a session object.
With the URI omitted, attempts to connect to a default SQLite database
# If we didn't get a uri, fall back to the default
if uri is None:
+ uri = engine_args.get(engine_prefix + 'url', None)
+ if uri is None:
uri = get_default_db_uri()
### Do some fixery for MySQL
table.kwargs['mysql_charset'] = 'utf8'
### Connect
- engine = create_engine(uri, **engine_args)
+ engine_args[engine_prefix + 'url'] = uri
+ engine = engine_from_config(engine_args, prefix=engine_prefix)
conn = engine.connect()
metadata.bind = engine