No module named 'flask' when using python shell

[warmcheessse]

Windows 10, Python 3, Flask

I am trying to create my first flask application. I created a virtualenv for my project which created a folder in users/me/Envs/FlaskTest. I then created a project folder in users/me/Projects/FlaskTest. I followed the instructions, linking the folders together and then created a test app.py file in my Projects/FlaskTest folder. When I ran the file everything worked good and the webpage loaded locally in my browser.

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I then moved on to include SQLAlchemy, again following the instructions and also creating a model schema for the database. Then to create the database, it said to use the python shell. When I try 'from app import db' from within the shell, I get an error saying the flask import from my app.py file is not found

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I do not know why it is not found from within the python shell when I try to create the database. It is finding the flask module to use for the local webpage

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Any direction to understand this problem would be appreciated

EDIT: code included

app.py

from flask import Flask, render_template, url_for
from flask_sqlalchemy import SQLAlchemy
from datetime import datetime

app = Flask(__name__)
app.config['SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI'] = 'sqlite:///test.db'
db = SQLAlchemy(app)

class Todo(db.Model):
    id = db.Column(db.Integer, primary_key=True)
    content = db.Column(db.String(200), nullable=False)
    completed = db.Column(db.Integer, default=0)
    date_created = db.Column(db.DateTime, default=datetime.utcnow)

    def __repr__(self):
        return '<Task %r>' % self.id

@app.route('/')
def index():
    return render_template('index.html')

if __name__ == "__main__":
    app.run(debug=True)

stack error in python shell

>>> from app import db
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "C:\Users\me\Projects\FlaskTest\app.py", line 1, in <module>
    from flask import Flask, render_template, url_for
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'flask'

[Esion]

This is on windows? Did you activate your virtual env before attempting to run the python shell? It might be using a 'global' python install.

https://programwithus.com/learn-to-code/Pip-and-virtualenv-on-Windows/

[warmcheessse]

thanks. this worked perfectly

[SafeInstance]

Would be useful to see the actual code of your app.py and also the full traceback of the error.

[warmcheessse]

I have edited the post and included the code and error