Current status, not everything works

ki/test/ApiTest.py

@@ -10,11 +10,14 @@ from app import app, db, migrate
 from ki.actions import seed
 from ki.models import Skill
 
+from sqlalchemy import select
+
 
 class ApiTest(unittest.TestCase):
     maxDiff = None
 
     def setUp(self):
+        print("Running setup")
         app.debug = True
         app.config["KI_AUTH"] = "file"
         app.config["TESTING"] = True
@@ -22,19 +25,42 @@ class ApiTest(unittest.TestCase):
 
         self.client = app.test_client()
 
-        with app.app_context():
-            config = migrate.get_config()
+        config = migrate.get_config()
+       
+        with app.app_context():   
             command.upgrade(config, "head")
+            seed(True)
 
-        seed(True)
-        max_skill = Skill.query.order_by(Skill.id.desc()).first()
+            #statement = select(Skill).order_by(Skill.id.desc())
+            #print(statement)
+            #skill_obj = db.session.scalars(statement).all()
+            #print(skill_obj)
+            #statement = select(Skill.id)
+            #print(statement)
+          
+            #max_skill = db.session.Skill().order_by(Skill.id.desc()).first()
+            #max_skill = Skill.query.order_by(Skill.id.desc()).first() # TODO: problematic
+ 
+            with db.session.no_autoflush: # only works on first test run
+                max_skill = db.session.query(Skill).order_by(Skill.id.desc()).first() # TODO: also problematic,
+  
+            #skills = db.session.execute(db.select(Skill)).scalars()
+            #print(max_skill)
+            #max_skill = db.session.execute(db.select(Skill)
+            ##                   .order_by(Skill.id.desc())
+             #                  ).scalar_one()
+            print(max_skill)
+            print("max_skill done")
         self.max_skill_id = max_skill.id
 
     def tearDown(self):
-        db.drop_all()
-        db.engine.dispose()
+        print("Running teardown")
+        with app.app_context():
+            db.drop_all()
+            db.engine.dispose()
 
     def login(self, username, password):
+        #with app.app_context():
         login_data = {"username": username, "password": password}
         login_response = self.client.post("/users/login", data=json.dumps(login_data), content_type="application/json")