https://github.com/richardiambert/seed-db
A database seeding utility
https://github.com/richardiambert/seed-db
database javascript postgres seeding
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A database seeding utility
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/richardiambert/seed-db
- Owner: richardIambert
- Created: 2025-04-15T10:06:58.000Z (6 months ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2025-04-16T09:31:37.000Z (6 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-04-16T21:26:37.344Z (6 months ago)
- Topics: database, javascript, postgres, seeding
- Language: JavaScript
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- Size: 153 KB
- Stars: 0
- Watchers: 1
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
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# seed-db 🌱
A database seeding utility for postgres.
## Setup
### 1. Clone the repository
```bash
git clone https://github.com/richardIambert/seed-db.git
cd seed-db
```
### 2. Install dependencies
```bash
npm install
```
### 3. Setup environment variables
Create `.env.development` and `.env.test` files in the project root directory.
```.env
# .env.development
PGDATABASE=
```
```.env
# .env.test
PGDATABASE=
```
### 4. Run the utility
Ensure postgres is running and run the following npm scripts:
```bash
npm run setup-dbs
npm run seed-dev
```
### 5. Check tables have been created
You can check that the seed was successful by running `npm run query-test-db` or `npm run query-dev-db` and then viewing `test-db.results.txt` and `dev-db.results.txt` respectively.