Random Database Engine Selection with SQLAlchemy

This function randomly selects a database type supported by SQLAlchemy from a given URL and creates the corresponding database engine.

Technology Stack : SQLAlchemy

Code Type : Function

Code Difficulty : Intermediate

                
                    
def randomize_session_engine(url):
    """
    This function creates a random SQLAlchemy engine from a given URL.
    """
    from sqlalchemy import create_engine
    import random

    # List of possible URL schemes that can be used with SQLAlchemy
    url_schemes = ['mysql', 'postgresql', 'sqlite', 'oracle', 'mssql', 'sqlserver', 'firebird']

    # Randomly select a URL scheme
    selected_scheme = random.choice(url_schemes)

    # Create a random engine based on the selected scheme
    engine = create_engine(f'{selected_scheme}://user:password@localhost/dbname')

    return engine