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https://github.com/seaneshbaugh/exseed

An Elixir library that provides a simple DSL for seeding databases through Ecto.
https://github.com/seaneshbaugh/exseed

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An Elixir library that provides a simple DSL for seeding databases through Ecto.

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# Exseed

An Elixir library that provides a simple DSL for seeding databases through Ecto.

Inspired largely by [seed-fu](https://github.com/mbleigh/seed-fu).

## Installation

In your project's `mix.exs` add the following:

```elixir
defp deps do
{:exseed, "~> 0.0.3"}
end
```

and then run `mix deps.get`.

## Setup

In `config/config.exs` add:

```elixir
config :exseed, :repo, YourApplication.Repo
```

## Usage

Exseed provides a `seed` macro which expects an Ecto model and a block. Inside the block the fields on your model will be available as functions which will set the value for the field for that record.

By default Exseed will look in your project's `priv/repo/seeds/` directory for seed files to load. Let's say you have a model named Post, you could put the following in `priv/repo/seeds/posts.exs`:

```elixir
import Exseed

seed YourApplication.Post do
id 1

title "First Post!"

body "Hello, world!"
end

seed YourApplication.Post do
id 2

title "Second Post"

{{year, month, day}, {hour, minute, second}} = :calendar.universal_time()

body "This entry was seeded at #{year}-#{month}-#{day} #{hour}:#{minute}:#{second}."
end
```