text: from __future__ import with_statement
  from alembic import context
  from sqlalchemy import create_engine, pool
  from logging.config import fileConfig
  
  from medtagger.config import AppConfiguration
  
  # this is the Alembic Config object, which provides
  # access to the values within the .ini file in use.
  config = context.config
  
  # Interpret the config file for Python logging.
  # This line sets up loggers basically.
  fileConfig(config.config_file_name)
  
  # add your model's MetaData object here
  # for 'autogenerate' support
  from medtagger.database.models import *
  target_metadata = Base.metadata
  
  # other values from the config, defined by the needs of env.py,
  # can be acquired:
  # my_important_option = config.get_main_option("my_important_option")
  # ... etc.
  configuration = AppConfiguration()
  url = configuration.get('db', 'database_uri')
  
  
  def run_migrations_offline():
      """Run migrations in 'offline' mode.
  
      This configures the context with just a URL
      and not an Engine, though an Engine is acceptable
      here as well.  By skipping the Engine creation
      we don't even need a DBAPI to be available.
  
      Calls to context.execute() here emit the given string to the
      script output.
  
      """
      context.configure(url=url, target_metadata=target_metadata, literal_binds=True, compare_type=True)
  
      with context.begin_transaction():
          context.run_migrations()
  
  
  def run_migrations_online():
      """Run migrations in 'online' mode.
  
      In this scenario we need to create an Engine
      and associate a connection with the context.
  
      """
      connectable = create_engine(url)
      with connectable.connect() as connection:
          context.configure(
              connection=connection,
              target_metadata=target_metadata,
              compare_type=True
          )
  
          with context.begin_transaction():
              context.run_migrations()
  
  
  if context.is_offline_mode():
      run_migrations_offline()
  else:
      run_migrations_online()
  