switched to mariaDB

backend/app/database.py

@@ -4,10 +4,19 @@ from sqlalchemy import create_engine
 from sqlalchemy.ext.declarative import declarative_base
 from sqlalchemy.orm import sessionmaker
 from app import models
+import os
 
-SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URL = "sqlite:///./test.db"  # Use appropriate path or database URL
+# Get username and password from environment variables
+db_username = os.getenv("DB_USERNAME")
+db_password = os.getenv("DB_PASSWORD")
+
+# Construct the database URL
+#SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URL = f"mysql://{db_username}:{db_password}@localhost:3306/aare_db"
+SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URL = f"mysql://{db_username}:{db_password}@localhost:3306/aare_db"
+
+# Remove the `connect_args` parameter
+engine = create_engine(SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URL)
 
-engine = create_engine(SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URL, connect_args={"check_same_thread": False})
 SessionLocal = sessionmaker(autocommit=False, autoflush=False, bind=engine)
 
 Base = declarative_base()