SQLAlchemy Database connection utility class

my_db_utils.py

from sqlalchemy import *
from sqlalchemy.orm import *
import os
from datetime import datetime

from MyProject.utils.my_models import MyTable


DB_HOST = 'mygeniusdomain.com'
DBMS = 'mysql'
DB_PORT = '3306'
DB_NAME = 'my_table'
DB_USER = 'genius'
DB_PWD = 'MyP@ssw0rd'

DB_ENGINE_URL = '%s://%s:%s@%s:%s/%s' % (DBMS, DB_USER, DB_PWD, DB_HOST,\
													DB_PORT, DB_NAME)

# moodle database connect
class MyDBUtil(object):
	engine = None
	Session = None

	def __init__(self):
		self.connect()

	def connect(self):
		if self.engine is None:
			self.engine = create_engine(DB_ENGINE_URL, echo=False, \
									pool_size = 100, pool_recycle=3600)

		if self.Session is None:
			self.Session = scoped_session(sessionmaker(bind=self.engine))

	def get_session(self):
		self.connect()
		return self.Session()
		
	def close(self):
		self.Session.remove()



def get_data(db, name):
	data = ''
	session = db.get_session()
	try:
		data = session.query(MyTable).filter_by(name=name).first().value
	except:
		session.rollback()
		raise
	finally:
		session.commit()
		db.close()

	return data


def set_data(db, name, value):
	session = db.get_session()
	try:
		record = session.query(MyTable).filter_by(name=name).first()
	except:
		record = MyTable(name=name, value=value)
		session.add(record)
	else:
		record.value = value
	finally:
		session.commit()
		db.close()