# app/api/db/database.py
from sqlalchemy import create_engine
from sqlalchemy.ext.declarative import declarative_base
from sqlalchemy.orm import sessionmaker
# Configure SQLite database
SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URL = "sqlite:///./blog_app.db"
# Create the SQLAlchemy engine
engine = create_engine(
    SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URL, connect_args={"check_same_thread": False}
)
# Create a SessionLocal class for database sessions
SessionLocal = sessionmaker(autocommit=False, autoflush=False, bind=engine)
# Create a Base class for models
Base = declarative_base()
```
This code defines the necessary components for interacting with a SQLite database using SQLAlchemy in a FastAPI application named `blog_app`.
This `database.py` file should be placed in the `app/api/db/` directory of the FastAPI project, following the recommended project structure.