PostgreSQL

PostgreSQL can also be connected using the Prisma-as-datastore plugin.

Pre-requisites

In order to use PostgreSQL database you need:

1. an existing godspeed project with “prisma-as-datastore plugin” installed
2. a PostgreSQL database server running
3. and database connection URL

CONNECTION_URL

The format of the connection URL for PostgreSQL looks as follows

postgresql://USER:PASSWORD@HOST:PORT/DATABASE?schema=SCHEMA

For example, If your PostgreSQL database is hosted on Heroku, the connection URL might look like this:

DATABASE_URL="postgresql://opnmyfngbknppm:XXX@ec2-46-137-91-216.eu-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com:5432/d50rgmkqi2ipus?schema=hello-prisma"

If you are running PostgreSQL locally, your connection URL will be like this:

DATABASE_URL="postgresql://johndoe:password@localhost:5432/mydb?schema=public"

Setting Environment Variable

You can define the database connection url as an environment variable in .env as :

DATABASE_URL="postgresql://johndoe:password@localhost:5432/mydb?schema=public"

In the above examples, DATABASE_URL is just a variable name given to connection url, this same environment variable name will be then provided in the url field of the datasource block in your prisma schema src/datasources/fileName.prisma as:

datasource db {
  provider = "PostgreSQL"
  url      = env("DATABASE_URL")
}
generator client {
  provider = "prisma-client-js"
  output = "./prisma-clients/Postgres"
  previewFeatures = ["metrics"]
}

Sample prisma schema for PostgreSQl

datasource db {
  provider = "PostgreSQL"
  url      = env("DATABASE_URL")
}
generator client {
  provider = "prisma-client-js"
  output = "./prisma-clients/Postgres"
  previewFeatures = ["metrics"]
}

model User {
  id    Int     @id @default(autoincrement())
  email String  @unique
  name  String?
  posts Post[]
}

model Post {
  id        Int     @id @default(autoincrement())
  title     String
  content   String?
  published Boolean @default(false)
  author    User    @relation(fields: [authorId], references: [id])
  authorId  Int
}

Generate prisma client

godspeed prisma prepare

This command will generate the prisma client and will sync the database with prisma schema

Generate CRUD APIs

Then You can generate the CRUD API'S by entering the below command:

godspeed gen-crud-api

• This command will generate the crud apis based on the sample prisma schema provided at ./src/datasources/Postgres.prisma

• Now you can view the event and functions according to the defined prisma schema