From 93a65fb29df390a41dd3e27228ea9e04483d4317 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jessikitty <jess.rogerson.29@outlook.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2026 21:55:21 +1100
Subject: [PATCH] Add database configuration

---
 backend/app/core/database.py | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 backend/app/core/database.py

diff --git a/backend/app/core/database.py b/backend/app/core/database.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..788d918
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/app/core/database.py
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+"""Database configuration."""
+from sqlalchemy import create_engine
+from sqlalchemy.ext.declarative import declarative_base
+from sqlalchemy.orm import sessionmaker
+from app.core.config import settings
+
+# Create database engine
+engine = create_engine(
+    settings.DATABASE_URL,
+    connect_args={"check_same_thread": False} if "sqlite" in settings.DATABASE_URL else {}
+)
+
+# Create session factory
+SessionLocal = sessionmaker(autocommit=False, autoflush=False, bind=engine)
+
+# Create base class for models
+Base = declarative_base()
+
+def get_db():
+    """Dependency to get database session."""
+    db = SessionLocal()
+    try:
+        yield db
+    finally:
+        db.close()