gistfile1.py

-- database.py --

import os
from sqlalchemy import create_engine
from sqlalchemy.orm import scoped_session, sessionmaker
from sqlalchemy.ext.declarative import declarative_base

basedir = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))


engine = create_engine(
    'sqlite:///' + os.path.join(basedir, 'app.db'),
    convert_unicode=True)

db_session = scoped_session(sessionmaker(autocommit=False,
                                         autoflush=False,
                                         bind=engine))

Base = declarative_base()
Base.query = db_session.query_property()


def init_db():
    import theatertilt.models
    Base.metadata.create_all(bind=engine)
    
-- models.py --

from sqlalchemy import Column, Integer, String, DateTime, Date, Boolean, ForeignKey
from sqlalchemy.orm import relationship, backref
from theatertilt.database import Base

class User(Base):
    __tablename__ = 'users'
    id = Column(Integer, primary_key=True)
    first = Column(String(25))
    last = Column(String(25))
    email = Column(String(255))
    zip = Column(String(5))
    dob = Column(Date)
    # 0 is male, 1 is female
    gender = Column(Boolean)
    tickets = relationship('Ticket', backref='user')
    
-- query that is not working --

User.query.filter_by(email='test@example.com').id()

-- query that IS working --

User.query.all()