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+import psycopg2
+from config import Config
+
+def postgresutil(config: Config):
+    pg_config = config.pg_config
+
+    if pg_config is None:
+        raise Exception("Insufficient data to establish PostgreSQL connection.")
+
+    conn = psycopg2.connect(pg_config.dsn)
+
+    # TO DO: script to create these tables and interact with them
+
+    """
+    CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS label (
+        id INT PRIMARY KEY,
+        name varchar
+    );
+
+    CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS photo (
+        id INT PRIMARY KEY,
+        path varchar,
+        label varchar,
+        matchstrength decimal,
+        labelid INT REFERENCES label(id)
+    );
+    """
+
+    return conn
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