From 63f23920dd506e8452915caa4f1e782af412e504 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alan King <kingaj@us.ibm.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2020 01:05:12 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Update records.py

added a "get_engine()" method
---
 records.py | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/records.py b/records.py
index 1fd6a93..726dab7 100644
--- a/records.py
+++ b/records.py
@@ -259,7 +259,13 @@ class Database(object):
         # Create an engine.
         self._engine = create_engine(self.db_url, **kwargs)
         self.open = True
-
+        
+    def get_engine(self):
+        # Return the engine if open
+         if not self.open:
+            raise exc.ResourceClosedError('Database closed.')
+        return self._engine
+        
     def close(self):
         """Closes the Database."""
         self._engine.dispose()