Flask init-db no such command
Question:
From yesterday I read a lot of topics about the famous error:
"No such command init-db"
So, I followed the tutorial here: https://flask.palletsprojects.com/en/1.1.x/tutorial/database/
(I’m under Debian 9.6)
I do the following :
export FLASK_APP=webApp
export FLASK_ENV=development
flask init-db
I then tried:
python3 -m flask init-db
I also tried:
export FLASK_APP=webApp.py
But I still have the same error message.
Here is the tree of my project :
instance/
webApp/
├── auth.py
├── babel.cfg
├── dashboard.py
├── db.py
├── __init__.py
├── pdf.py
├── __pycache__
│ ├── auth.cpython-35.pyc
│ ├── db.cpython-35.pyc
│ ├── __init__.cpython-35.pyc
│ ├── pdf.cpython-35.pyc
│ └── ws.cpython-35.pyc
├── schema.sql
├── static
I didn’t see what I’ve missed.
Answers:
I found the problem.
When I launched flask --help, I saw there was an import error of a module. I just installed that module via pip, and it was okay.
Maybe you could simply try using
flask init_db
Note :- USE Underscore _ instead of hyphen -
Cross verify it by checking if a sqlite file is created in instance folder
I just had the same problem even though it worked the last time.
I just ran the flask, then stopped it and tried to initialize the database and it worked.
In order to run init-db command, you first need to make sure you are outside the flaskr package (use pwd command if not sure) and at the same level as venv folder, then set the two below on the terminal:
$env:FLASK_APP = "flaskr"
$env:FLASK_ENV = "development"
Then run:
flask init-db
Output: Initialized the database.
You don’t need to install any extra packages if you follow the tutorial and execute the commands as they say.
You must set FLASK_APP correctly. It must match the directory name where the app factory lives. In flaskr, this is in flaskr/__init__.py. The factory is named create_app().
So if you rename flaskr/, you must set FLASK_APP to match.
Ref: https://flask.palletsprojects.com/en/1.1.x/patterns/appfactories/
I got the same problem. After executing flask --help or just flask, I realised the problem was caused by an import error and there was a typo in my FLASK_APP.
Correcting it made everything work again.
First, be sure to activate your virtual environment.
If you are using a new terminal then run the command below:
export FLASK_APP="flaskr"
export FLASK_ENV=development
Run the flask app
flask run
After that run the DB command
flask init_db
You should see the Database Initialized message.
This worked for me:
flask init-db
I got this idea from the docs generated by the commands:
flask --help
in my case the command I had to use was different, as seen from the flask –help output:
Commands:
init.db
routes Show the routes for the app.
run Run a development server.
shell Run a shell in the app context.
So I had to use flask init.db for some reason.
Make sure you create and activate the virtual environment using the venv command from the command prompt.
Those are the windows cmd commands:
cd pathpyproject
pathmyproject> py -3 -m venv venv
pathmyproject> venvScriptsactivate
I had this issue, and the problem was I had not imported migrate in my app. I solved the issue by adding these two statements to my file:
from flask_migrate import Migrate and migrate = Migrate(app, db) .
I saved the file, then ran the flask db init command again, and it worked!
be careful that install flask_migrate in your env.
so in cmd:
- create your env :
cd myproject
py -3 -m venv venv
- activate your env:
venvScriptsactivate
- install flask_migrate:
pip install flask_migrate
hope this will help somebody and maybe made it more clear.
In my case I run the following command:
flask --app flask_app_directory_name db init
Here I mentioned where my app is by the option "–app":
flask_app_directory_name – package of my app(or I think it could be a path to the file with the app).
Of course:
- I have installed Flask-Migrate;
- I have my flask app defined in init.py file of flask_app_directory_name package.
From yesterday I read a lot of topics about the famous error:
"No such command init-db"
So, I followed the tutorial here: https://flask.palletsprojects.com/en/1.1.x/tutorial/database/
(I’m under Debian 9.6)
I do the following :
export FLASK_APP=webApp
export FLASK_ENV=development
flask init-db
I then tried:
python3 -m flask init-db
I also tried:
export FLASK_APP=webApp.py
But I still have the same error message.
Here is the tree of my project :
instance/
webApp/
├── auth.py
├── babel.cfg
├── dashboard.py
├── db.py
├── __init__.py
├── pdf.py
├── __pycache__
│ ├── auth.cpython-35.pyc
│ ├── db.cpython-35.pyc
│ ├── __init__.cpython-35.pyc
│ ├── pdf.cpython-35.pyc
│ └── ws.cpython-35.pyc
├── schema.sql
├── static
I didn’t see what I’ve missed.
I found the problem.
When I launched flask --help, I saw there was an import error of a module. I just installed that module via pip, and it was okay.
Maybe you could simply try using
flask init_db
Note :- USE Underscore _ instead of hyphen -
Cross verify it by checking if a sqlite file is created in instance folder
I just had the same problem even though it worked the last time.
I just ran the flask, then stopped it and tried to initialize the database and it worked.
In order to run init-db command, you first need to make sure you are outside the flaskr package (use pwd command if not sure) and at the same level as venv folder, then set the two below on the terminal:
$env:FLASK_APP = "flaskr"
$env:FLASK_ENV = "development"
Then run:
flask init-db
Output: Initialized the database.
You don’t need to install any extra packages if you follow the tutorial and execute the commands as they say.
You must set FLASK_APP correctly. It must match the directory name where the app factory lives. In flaskr, this is in flaskr/__init__.py. The factory is named create_app().
So if you rename flaskr/, you must set FLASK_APP to match.
Ref: https://flask.palletsprojects.com/en/1.1.x/patterns/appfactories/
I got the same problem. After executing flask --help or just flask, I realised the problem was caused by an import error and there was a typo in my FLASK_APP.
Correcting it made everything work again.
First, be sure to activate your virtual environment.
If you are using a new terminal then run the command below:
export FLASK_APP="flaskr"
export FLASK_ENV=development
Run the flask app
flask run
After that run the DB command
flask init_db
You should see the Database Initialized message.
This worked for me:
flask init-db
I got this idea from the docs generated by the commands:
flask --help
in my case the command I had to use was different, as seen from the flask –help output:
Commands: init.db routes Show the routes for the app. run Run a development server. shell Run a shell in the app context.
So I had to use flask init.db for some reason.
Make sure you create and activate the virtual environment using the venv command from the command prompt.
Those are the windows cmd commands:
cd pathpyproject
pathmyproject> py -3 -m venv venv
pathmyproject> venvScriptsactivate
I had this issue, and the problem was I had not imported migrate in my app. I solved the issue by adding these two statements to my file:
from flask_migrate import Migrate and migrate = Migrate(app, db) .
I saved the file, then ran the flask db init command again, and it worked!
be careful that install flask_migrate in your env.
so in cmd:
- create your env :
cd myproject
py -3 -m venv venv
- activate your env:
venvScriptsactivate
- install flask_migrate:
pip install flask_migrate
hope this will help somebody and maybe made it more clear.
In my case I run the following command:
flask --app flask_app_directory_name db init
Here I mentioned where my app is by the option "–app":
flask_app_directory_name – package of my app(or I think it could be a path to the file with the app).
Of course:
- I have installed Flask-Migrate;
- I have my flask app defined in init.py file of flask_app_directory_name package.