Adds python file to setup database

.gitignore

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-venv
+venv
+links.db

backend/setup_db.py

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+import sqlite3
+import os
+
+DB_PATH = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'links.db')
+
+con = sqlite3.connect(DB_PATH)
+
+# array of links to store
+links = [
+  ('http://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/','CS Club Website',3,0),
+  ('https://www.instagram.com/uwcsclub/','Instagram',4,1),
+  ('https://www.facebook.com/uw.computerscienceclub','Facebook',5,2),
+  ('http://twitch.tv/uwcsclub','Twitch',6,3),
+  ('http://bit.ly/uwcsclub-yt','YouTube',7,4),
+]
+
+# SQLite setup
+cur = con.cursor()
+
+# test if table already exists
+cur.execute("SELECT name FROM sqlite_master WHERE type='table' AND name='links'")
+if cur.fetchone():
+  raise Exception('Links table already exists.')
+else:
+  cur.execute('''CREATE TABLE links (
+    url text NOT NULL, 
+    name text NOT NULL, 
+    clicks int NOT NULL, 
+    position int NOT NULL UNIQUE,
+    UNIQUE(url, name)
+    )''')
+  cur.executemany('INSERT INTO links VALUES (?,?,?,?)', links)
+  con.commit()
+
+con.close()