@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 fastapi==0.115.12
 uvicorn[standard]
-requests
+requests
+sqlmodel
+psycopg[binary]

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import os
+
+import sqlmodel
+from sqlmodel import Session, SQLModel
+
+DATABASE_URL = os.environ.get("DATABASE_URL")
+
+if DATABASE_URL == "":
+raise NotImplementedError("`DATABASE_URL` needs to be set.")
+
+
+engine = sqlmodel.create_engine(DATABASE_URL)
+
+# database models
+def init_db():
+print("creating database tables...")
+SQLModel.metadata.create_all(engine)
+
+
+# api routes
+def get_session():
+with Session(engine) as session:
+yield session

@@ -1,7 +1,17 @@
 import os
+from contextlib import asynccontextmanager
 from fastapi import FastAPI
 
-app = FastAPI()
+from api.db import init_db
+
+@asynccontextmanager
+async def lifespan(app: FastAPI):
+# before app startup
+init_db()
+yield
+# after app startup
+
+app = FastAPI(lifespan=lifespan)
 
 MY_PROJECT = os.environ.get("MY_PROJECT") or "This is my project"
 API_KEY = os.environ.get("API_KEY")