diff --git a/helpmehelpapplication/src/main/java/ntnu/sytemutvikling/team6/models/DatabaseManager.java b/helpmehelpapplication/src/main/java/ntnu/sytemutvikling/team6/models/DatabaseManager.java
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+package ntnu.sytemutvikling.team6.models;
+
+import java.sql.*;
+import java.util.List;
+
+public class DatabaseManager {
+    // Database environment is MySQL
+    private final String databaseURL;
+    private final String username;
+    private final String password;
+
+    // Values stored in system environment variables for security (using ntnu's phpmyadmin for this project)
+    public DatabaseManager() {
+        this.databaseURL = System.getenv("HMH_DB_URL");
+        this.username = System.getenv("HMH_DB_USERNAME");
+        this.password = System.getenv("HMH_DB_PASSWORD");
+
+        if (this.databaseURL == null || this.databaseURL.isBlank()) {
+            throw new IllegalStateException("Database environment variable URL has not been set");
+        }
+
+        if (this.username == null || this.username.isBlank()) {
+            throw new IllegalStateException("Username environment variable has not been set");
+        }
+
+        if (this.password == null || this.password.isBlank()) {
+            throw new IllegalStateException("Password environment variable has not been set");
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void createCharitiesTable() {
+        // Creates table if it doesn't exist
+        String sql_create_main_table = """
+                CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS charities (
+                org_number VARCHAR(100) PRIMARY KEY,
+                name VARCHAR(255),
+                status VARCHAR(50),
+                url VARCHAR(255),
+                is_pre_approved BOOLEAN
+                )""";
+
+        try (Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection(databaseURL, username, password);
+             Statement s = conn.createStatement()) {
+
+            s.execute(sql_create_main_table);
+        } catch (SQLException e) {
+            throw new RuntimeException("Error creating tables.");
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void updateCharities(List<APICharityData> charities) {
+        // Inserts values in APICharityData to table
+
+        try (Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection(databaseURL, username, password))
+             {
+                 // Inserts objects values into charities
+                 String sql_update = """
+                            INSERT INTO charities (org_number, name, status, url, is_pre_approved)
+                            VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?)
+                            ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE
+                            name = VALUES(name),
+                           status = VALUES(status),
+                           url = VALUES(url),
+                              is_pre_approved = VALUES(is_pre_approved)
+                """;
+
+                 PreparedStatement s = conn.prepareStatement(sql_update);
+
+                 for (APICharityData charity : charities) {
+                s.setString(1, charity.getOrg_number().replaceAll("\\s", ""));
+                s.setString(2, charity.getName());
+                s.setString(3, charity.getStatus());
+                s.setString(4, charity.getUrl());
+                s.setBoolean(5, charity.getIs_pre_approved());
+
+                s.addBatch();
+            }
+            s.executeBatch();
+
+             // Removed temp table used for parity check
+            String sql_drop_temp_table = "DROP TABLE IF EXISTS temp";
+            PreparedStatement drop_temp_table = conn.prepareStatement(sql_drop_temp_table);
+            drop_temp_table.execute();
+
+            // Creates a temp table used for parity check
+            String sql_create_temp_table = "CREATE TABLE temp (org_number VARCHAR(100) PRIMARY KEY)";
+            PreparedStatement temp_create = conn.prepareStatement(sql_create_temp_table);
+            temp_create.execute();
+
+            // Inserts org_number into the temp table
+            String sql_update_temp_table = "INSERT INTO temp (org_number) VALUES (?)";
+            PreparedStatement temp_update = conn.prepareStatement(sql_update_temp_table);
+            for (APICharityData charity : charities) {
+                temp_update.setString(1, charity.getOrg_number().replaceAll("\\s", ""));
+                temp_update.addBatch();
+            }
+            temp_update.executeBatch();
+
+            // Removes records from main charities table, that don't exist in the temp table.
+             // This makes it so if any organization is removed by IK, it will also be removed from the database.
+            String sql_delete_old_records = """
+                    DELETE FROM charities c
+                    WHERE NOT EXISTS (
+                    SELECT 1
+                    FROM temp t
+                    WHERE c.org_number = t.org_number
+                    )
+                    """;
+            PreparedStatement delete_old_records = conn.prepareStatement(sql_delete_old_records);
+            delete_old_records.execute();
+
+            // Deletes temporary table
+            String sql_delete_temp_table = "DROP TABLE IF EXISTS temp";
+            PreparedStatement delete_temp_table = conn.prepareStatement(sql_delete_temp_table);
+            delete_temp_table.execute();
+
+
+
+
+        } catch (SQLException e) {
+            // prints whole sql error message
+            e.printStackTrace();
+            throw new RuntimeException("ERROR: Something went wrong during updating charities table.");
+        }
+
+    }
+}
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