diff --git a/database.py b/database.py
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+from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import AsyncSession, create_async_engine
+from sqlalchemy.orm import sessionmaker
+
+DATABASE_URL = "sqlite+aiosqlite:///./test.db"
+
+engine= create_async_engine(
+    DATABASE_URL,
+    echo=True
+)
+
+SessionLocal = sessionmaker(
+    bind=engine,
+    class_=AsyncSession,
+    expire_on_commit=False
+)
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diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
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+from fastapi import FastAPI, Depends, HTTPException
+from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import AsyncSession
+from sqlalchemy.future import select
+from pydantic import BaseModel
+from typing import List
+
+from models import Base, Item as ItemModel
+from database import engine, SessionLocal
+
+app = FastAPI()
+
+# Create tables
+@app.on_event("startup")
+async def on_startup():
+    async with engine.begin() as conn:
+        await conn.run_sync(Base.metadata.create_all)
+
+class ItemCreate(BaseModel):
+    name: str
+    description: str = None
+
+class ItemRead(ItemCreate):
+    id: int
+
+    class Config:
+        orm_mode = True
+
+async def get_session() -> AsyncSession:
+    async with SessionLocal() as session:
+        yield session
+
+@app.get("/")
+def read_root():
+    return "TODO app"
+
+@app.post("/items/", response_model=ItemRead)
+async def create_item(item: ItemCreate, session: AsyncSession = Depends(get_session)):
+    return "todo"
+
+@app.get("/items/", response_model=List[ItemRead])
+async def read_items(session: AsyncSession = Depends(get_session)):
+    result = await session.execute(select(ItemModel))
+    return result.scalars().all()
+
+@app.get("/items/{item_id}", response_model=ItemRead)
+async def read_item(item_id: int, session: AsyncSession = Depends(get_session)):
+    return "todo"
+
+@app.put("/items/{item_id}", response_model=ItemRead)
+async def update_item(item_id: int, item: ItemCreate, session: AsyncSession = Depends(get_session)):
+    return "todo"
+
+@app.delete("/items/{item_id}")
+async def delete_item(item_id: int, session: AsyncSession = Depends(get_session)):
+    return "todo"
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diff --git a/models.py b/models.py
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+from sqlalchemy import Column, Integer, String
+from sqlalchemy.ext.declarative import declarative_base
+
+Base = declarative_base()
+
+class Item(Base):
+    __tablename__ = "items"
+    id = Column(Integer, primary_key=True, index=True)
+    name = Column(String, index=True)
+    description = Column(String, nullable=True)
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