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+SECRET_KEY = 'YourSecretKeyHere'
+DB_USER = 'your_database_username'
+DB_PW = 'your_database_password'
+DB_HOST = 'localhost'
+DB_NAME = 'your_database_name'
+SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI= 'mysql://{user}:{pw}@{url}/{db}'.format(user=DB_USER,pw=DB_PW,url=DB_URL,db=DB_NAME)