import databases import sqlalchemy import orm database = databases.Database("sqlite:///db.sqlite") metadata = sqlalchemy.MetaData() class Course(orm.Model): __database__ = database __metadata__ = metadata id = orm.Integer(primary_key=True) name = orm.String(length=100) completed = orm.Boolean(default=False) course = Course(name="Painting for dummies", completed=False) await course.save() await Course.objects.create(name="Painting for dummies", completed=False)