"""
Copyright (C) 2020 Vanessa Sochat.
This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the
Mozilla Public License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed
with this file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
"""
[docs]def init_db(database, config_dir=None, database_string="", config=None):
"""Initialize the database, meaning a base client and appropriate functions
to save, or generate a unique ID based on the backend being used. Each
client has it's own init to check for a connection (or filesystem
path existence) and then functions to interact with entities.
"""
# Case 1: Filesystem database saves to ./database
if database == "filesystem":
from .filesystem import FileSystemDatabase as Database
# Case 2: Sqlite database saves to rse.db
elif database.startswith("sqlite"):
from .sqlite import SqliteDatabase as Database
# Case 3: Postgresql or mysql+pymysql
else:
from .relational import RelationalDatabase as Database
return Database(
config_dir=config_dir,
database_string=database_string,
database=database,
config=config,
)