yamdl-playground/yamdl_playground/core/apps.py

from django.apps import AppConfig
from django.db import connections
from django.db.models.signals import post_save
import warnings

class CoreConfig(AppConfig):
    name = "yamdl_playground.core"

    loaded = False

    def ready(self):
        if not self.loaded:
            connection = connections["default"]

            with warnings.catch_warnings():
                # Django doesn't like running DB queries during app initialization
                warnings.filterwarnings("ignore", module="django.db", category=RuntimeWarning)
                with connection.cursor() as cursor:
                    cursor.execute("CREATE VIRTUAL TABLE search_index USING fts5(body);")

            post_save.connect(self.post_save)
            self.loaded = True

    def post_save(self, sender, instance, created, **kwargs):
        with connections["default"].cursor() as cursor:
            cursor.execute("INSERT INTO search_index(body, rowid) VALUES (%s, %s)", [instance.content, instance.pk])