text: import datetime
  import os
  from flask import Flask
  from flask_sqlalchemy import SQLAlchemy
  
  
  app = Flask(__name__, static_folder="", static_url_path="")
  app.config.from_object(__name__)
  app.config.update(
      SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI=os.environ.get("DATABASE_URL"),
      SQLALCHEMY_TRACK_MODIFICATIONS=False,
  )
  
  # initialize the database connection
  db = SQLAlchemy(app)
  
  
  class Ideas(db.Model):
      __tablename__ = "ideas"
      id = db.Column(db.Integer, primary_key=True)
      text = db.Column(db.String(200))
      tech = db.Column(db.String(200))
      viewer = db.Column(db.String(200))
      time = db.Column(db.DateTime, default=datetime.datetime.now)
      upVote = db.Column(db.Integer, default=0)
  
      def __init__(self, data={}):
          self.text = data.get("text", "")
          self.tech = data.get("tech", "")
          self.viewer = data.get("viewer", "")
  
      def retr_dict(self, obj=None):
          return_dict = {}
          if obj:
              return_dict["text"] = obj.text
              return_dict["tech"] = obj.tech
              return_dict["viewer"] = obj.viewer
              return_dict["time"] = obj.time
              return_dict["upVote"] = obj.upVote
          return return_dict
  