from sqlalchemy import create_engine from sqlalchemy.orm import sessionmaker from database_setup import Category, Base, Item, User engine = create_engine('sqlite:///items.db') Base.metadata.bind = engine DBSession = sessionmaker(bind=engine) session = DBSession() defaultuser = User(name="test", email="*****@*****.**") defaultuser.hash_pw("test") session.add(defaultuser) session.commit() category1 = Category(name="Bikes", user=defaultuser) session.add(category1) session.commit() category2 = Category(name="Sports", user=defaultuser) session.add(category2) session.commit() item1 = Item(title="Football", description="nice game", imgSource="http://placekitten.com/g/200/300", category=category2, user=defaultuser) session.add(item1) session.commit()