from django.db import connection import sqlalchemy # This is a Pool that doesn't close connections. Therefore it can be used with # existing Django database connections. class NonClosingPool(sqlalchemy.pool.NullPool): def status(self): return "NonClosingPool" def _do_return_conn(self, conn): pass def recreate(self): return self.__class__(creator=self._creator, # type: ignore # __class__ recycle=self._recycle, use_threadlocal=self._use_threadlocal, reset_on_return=self._reset_on_return, echo=self.echo, logging_name=self._orig_logging_name, _dispatch=self.dispatch) sqlalchemy_engine = None def get_sqlalchemy_connection(): global sqlalchemy_engine if sqlalchemy_engine is None: def get_dj_conn(): connection.ensure_connection() return connection.connection sqlalchemy_engine = sqlalchemy.create_engine('postgresql://', creator=get_dj_conn, poolclass=NonClosingPool, pool_reset_on_return=False) sa_connection = sqlalchemy_engine.connect() sa_connection.execution_options(autocommit=False) return sa_connection