Databases

Using with Different Databases

Flask-ProfilerForked supports SQLite, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, MySQL, and more. Here's how to set up some of the common database engines:

SQLite Configuration:

my_web_app.py

app.config["flask_profiler"] = {
    "storage": {
        "engine": "sqlite",
    }
}

Key	Description	Default Value
storage.FILE	SQLite database file name	flask_profiler.sql
storage.TABLE	Table name to store profiling data	measurements

MongoDB Configuration:

my_web_app.py

app.config["flask_profiler"] = {
    "storage": {
        "engine": "mongodb",
    }
}

Key	Description	Default Value
storage.MONGO_URL	MongoDB connection string	mongodb://localhost
storage.DATABASE	Database name	flask_profiler
storage.COLLECTION	Collection name	measurements

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Custom Database Engine

You can specify a custom storage engine as follows:

my_web_app.py

app.config["flask_profiler"] = {
    "storage": {
        "engine": "custom.project.flask_profiler.mysql.MysqlStorage",
        "MYSQL": "mysql://user:password@localhost/flask_profiler"
    }
}