I am trying to use alembic in python flask and it is not working

rgtr · Mar 18, 2022

https://blog.miguelgrinberg.com/post/how-to-add-flask-migrate-to-an-existing-project

I am using Visual Studio Code and have a database file already created called test.db. My environment variables for test.db name is SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI and the value is sqlite:///test.db In the actual code to the access the environment variable I use SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI = os.environ['SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI']

This website is only running on my local machine if that makes a difference. When I type
pip install flask-migrate flask db migrate.

Here is the current error

The link below shows the previous error. The odd part is that the error below was showing up I already have Flask-Login installed. I also got a similar error with Flask-Mail and Flask-WTF but I already pip installed them and the code was working. So IOW I had to pip install some things twice even though the code was working to avoid errors while running in the terminal pip install flask-migrate and flask db migrate.

Also does my current database have to be up to date?How do I fix this?

Just one thing I need to add I am using a setup similar to this.

https://github.com/CoreyMSchafer/code_snippets/tree/master/Python/Flask_Blog/11-Blueprints

Thanks

jedishrfu · Mar 18, 2022

Maybe the order of module install is important, or try rebooting your machine to see if that sorts things out once you start your app again.

Otherwise you might need to uninstall both and install in reverse order alembic then flask or flask then alembic.

Personally, I tend to use anaconda over pip as it bring a lot of preinstalled modules with it at the ost of a larger disk footprint. I've not used alembic before only flask and without using the flask-login feature.

pbuk · Mar 18, 2022

Please post Python code using the </> button so we can read it more easily.

pbuk · Mar 18, 2022

From the error message it seems that you are trying to access

Python:

current_app.extensions.migrate.migrate

. Is this correct?

rgtr · Mar 18, 2022

Correct.
Sorry the reason I didn't post the python code in code blocks because it was so little code and just error messages.

Also I restarted my machine many times and it didn't make a difference

pbuk · Mar 18, 2022

The instructions say you should use

Bash:

pip install Flask-Migrate

Why are you using

Bash:

pip install flask-migrate

? Note that Python is case sensitive but Windows is not.

also have you done

Bash:

flask db init

and

Bash:

flask db migrate -m "Initial migration."

?

rgtr · Mar 19, 2022

Sorry this was a careIess question on my part. I tried exactly what you are saying and am getting this error during flask db init.

error message:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\nmyle\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\runpy.py", line 196, in _run_module_as_main
    return _run_code(code, main_globals, None,
  File "C:\Users\nmyle\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\runpy.py", line 86, in _run_code
    exec(code, run_globals)
  File "C:\Users\nmyle\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\Scripts\flask.exe\__main__.py", line 7, in <module>
  File "C:\Users\nmyle\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\flask\cli.py", line 995, in main
    cli.main(args=sys.argv[1:])
  File "C:\Users\nmyle\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\flask\cli.py", line 601, in main
    return super().main(*args, **kwargs)
  File "C:\Users\nmyle\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\click\core.py", line 1053, in main
    rv = self.invoke(ctx)
  File "C:\Users\nmyle\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\click\core.py", line 1659, in invoke
    return _process_result(sub_ctx.command.invoke(sub_ctx))
  File "C:\Users\nmyle\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\click\core.py", line 1659, in invoke
    return _process_result(sub_ctx.command.invoke(sub_ctx))
  File "C:\Users\nmyle\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\click\core.py", line 1395, in invoke
    return ctx.invoke(self.callback, **ctx.params)
  File "C:\Users\nmyle\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\click\core.py", line 754, in invoke
    return __callback(*args, **kwargs)
  File "C:\Users\nmyle\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\click\decorators.py", line 26, in new_func
    return f(get_current_context(), *args, **kwargs)
  File "C:\Users\nmyle\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\flask\cli.py", line 445, in decorator
    return __ctx.invoke(f, *args, **kwargs)
  File "C:\Users\nmyle\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\click\core.py", line 754, in invoke
    return __callback(*args, **kwargs)
  File "C:\Users\nmyle\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\flask_migrate\cli.py", line 45, in init
    _init(directory, multidb, template, package)
  File "C:\Users\nmyle\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\flask_migrate\__init__.py", line 98, in wrapped
    f(*args, **kwargs)
  File "C:\Users\nmyle\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\flask_migrate\__init__.py", line 122, in init
    directory = current_app.extensions['migrate'].directory
KeyError: 'migrate'

pbuk · Mar 19, 2022

I'm afraid I have found working with pip on Windows creates some problems which are very hard to pin down. My solution has been to only do fairly trivial stuff with Python on Windows using Jupyter notebooks. Anything more serious I do on Linux, either as a native OS or in a VM - and I particularly wouldn't want to do anything persistent like run a flask server on Windows.

So I only have two suggestions to offer:
Keep trying random combinations of installing and uninstalling packages and hope something works.
Install VirtualBox and create a Linux VM - I have had most success with Linux Mint XFCE edition.

jedishrfu · Mar 19, 2022

I noticed in your errors that you’re using python 3.10? If so then maybe drop back to 3.6 or something as the packages you want may not support it yet.

willem2 · Mar 21, 2022

Keyerror: Migrate
Seems to be this:
add
https://lifesaver.codes/answer/flask-db-init-fails-keyerror-migrate-196

Solution:

Adding migrate = Migrate(app, db) into __init__.py resolved the issue. (I didn't realize this was necessary for the cli functionality and database initialization, assumed it was related only to database migrations afterwards.)

rgtr · Mar 21, 2022

Thanks I will try this.

rgtr · Mar 25, 2022

willem2 said:

Keyerror: Migrate
Seems to be this:
add
https://lifesaver.codes/answer/flask-db-init-fails-keyerror-migrate-196

Solution:
Adding migrate = Migrate(app, db) into __init__.py resolved the issue. (I didn't realize this was necessary for the cli functionality and database initialization, assumed it was related only to database migrations afterwards.)

Why are the instructions different between the official flask documentations and Miguel's tutorial? Is it because of the age of the tutorial?

https://flask-migrate.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

https://blog.miguelgrinberg.com/post/how-to-add-flask-migrate-to-an-existing-project

pbuk · Mar 25, 2022

rgtr said:

Why are the instructions different between the official flask documentations and Miguel's tutorial? Is it because of the age of the tutorial?

No, its because they use two different alternatives of achieving the same result.

https://flask-migrate.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

Python:

migrate = Migrate(app, db)

https://blog.miguelgrinberg.com/post/how-to-add-flask-migrate-to-an-existing-project

Python:

migrate = Migrate()
migrate.init_app(app, db)

Actually the Grinberg API is also shown in the docs at
https://flask-migrate.readthedocs.io/en/latest/#command-reference

Python:

migrate = Migrate()
migrate.init_app(app, db)

rgtr · Mar 25, 2022

pbuk said:
No, its because they use two different alternatives of achieving the same result.

https://flask-migrate.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
Python:
migrate = Migrate(app, db)
https://blog.miguelgrinberg.com/post/how-to-add-flask-migrate-to-an-existing-project
Python:
migrate = Migrate()
migrate.init_app(app, db)
Actually the Grinberg API is also shown in the docs at
https://flask-migrate.readthedocs.io/en/latest/#command-reference
Python:
migrate = Migrate()
migrate.init_app(app, db)

Sorry I meant

Code:

flask db init

flask db migrate -m "Initial migration."

flask db upgrade

vs Miguel's ...

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