From ad46b7ad63b87364aba687efd4535c43017daf35 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sarah Withee <2601974+geekygirlsarah@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2025 21:26:00 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Add in Postgres support + load in DATABASE_URL from env

---
 AttendanceV2/settings.py | 7 +++++--
 requirements.txt         | 4 +++-
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/AttendanceV2/settings.py b/AttendanceV2/settings.py
index f6df1cf..93431c9 100644
--- a/AttendanceV2/settings.py
+++ b/AttendanceV2/settings.py
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@
 For the full list of settings and their values, see
 https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.1/ref/settings/
 """
-
+import os
+import dj_database_url
 from pathlib import Path
 
 # Build paths inside the project like this: BASE_DIR / 'subdir'.
@@ -80,7 +81,9 @@
         "NAME": BASE_DIR / "db.sqlite3",
     }
 }
-
+# Update database info if it's in $DATABASE_URL environment variable
+db_from_env = dj_database_url.config(conn_max_age=500)
+DATABASES["default"].update(db_from_env)
 
 # Password validation
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.1/ref/settings/#auth-password-validators
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 570771e..4773dc0 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 Django~=5.1.4
 autoflake~=2.3.1
-black~=24.10.0
\ No newline at end of file
+black~=24.10.0
+dj-database-url==2.1.0
+psycopg2~=2.9.10
\ No newline at end of file