What is Flask-Sqlalchemy?

Flask-SQLAlchemy is a Python library for Flask that provides support for SQLAlchemy in your Flask application. It simplifies the connection process with SQLAlchemy through Flask using various tools and techniques helpful for interacting with the database by providing SQL-Engine and ORM Model and creating, using, deleting, and managing SQLAlchemy objects. This makes using SQLAlchemy easier with Flask.

Feature of Flask-Sqlalchemy

1. Python Implementation: It is easy to install and doesn’t need any other external libraries or dependencies.
2. Compatibility: It is compatible with the Python 3.x version and works with Flask. You can download this library from PyPI.
3. Support for SQLAlchemy database: It acts as an Object-Relational Mapping (ORM) library for SQLAlchemy in Python.

Flask is a Python-based web app framework that helps you develop lightweight and deployable web apps. The Flask framework supports several features like URLs, Templating Engines, and Routing. To provide support for database connection and query, one can use the Flask-Sqlalchemy library in Python, which is one of the popular Python libraries. Flask-SQLAlchemy includes support for using SQLAlchemy in your Flask application on top of your Flask Framework.

In this article, we will look at how to install the Flask-Sqlalchemy package using the pip package manager for Python.