# Getting started with Testcontainers for Python — Create the business logic

> Create a customers/customers.py file and define the Customer class Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically): ```python class Customer: def __init__(self, cust_id, name, email): self.id = cust_id self.name = name self.email = email def __str__(self): return f"Customer({self.

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Create a customers/customers.py file and define the Customer class

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```python
class Customer:
    def __init__(self, cust_id, name, email):
        self.id = cust_id
        self.name = name
        self.email = email

    def __str__(self):
        return f"Customer({self.id}, {self.name}, {self.email})"
```

Add a create_table() function to create the customers table

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```python
from db.connection import get_connection


def create_table():
    with get_connection() as conn:
        with conn.cursor() as cur:
            cur.execute("""
                CREATE TABLE customers (
                    id serial PRIMARY KEY,
                    name varchar not null,
                    email varchar not null unique)
                """)
            conn.commit()
```

The function obtains a database connection using get_connection() and creates the customers table. The with statement automatically closes the connection when done.

Add the remaining CRUD functions

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```python
def create_customer(name, email):
    with get_connection() as conn:
        with conn.cursor() as cur:
            cur.execute(
                "INSERT INTO customers (name, email) VALUES (%s, %s)", (name, email))
            conn.commit()


def get_all_customers() -&gt; list[Customer]:
    with get_connection() as conn:
        with conn.cursor() as cur:
            cur.execute("SELECT * FROM customers")
            return [Customer(cid, name, email) for cid, name, email in cur]


def get_customer_by_email(email) -&gt; Customer:
    with get_connection() as conn:
        with conn.cursor() as cur:
            cur.execute("SELECT id, name, email FROM customers WHERE email = %s", (email,))
            (cid, name, email) = cur.fetchone()
            return Customer(cid, name, email)


def delete_all_customers():
    with get_connection() as conn:
        with conn.cursor() as cur:
            c
```

&gt; [!NOTE] &gt; To keep it straightforward for this guide, each function creates a new &gt; connection. In a real-world application, use a connection pool to reuse &gt; connections.

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