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crowsnest/golang/internal/model/database/connect.go

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package database
import (
"database/sql"
"errors"
"fmt"
"os"
)
// Will try to connect to the database defined by the env variables. If the
// connection fails a error will be returned. Ensure that the returned sql.DB
// object is closed after use.
func DbConnection() (*sql.DB, error) {
// collect environement variables
dbPass := os.Getenv("DB_PASS")
if dbPass == "" {
return nil, errors.New("empty env. variable DB_PASS")
}
dbHost := os.Getenv("DB_HOST")
if dbHost == "" {
return nil, errors.New("empty env. variable DB_HOST")
}
dbPort := os.Getenv("DB_PORT")
if dbPort == "" {
dbPort = "5432"
}
dbUser := os.Getenv("DB_USER")
if dbUser == "" {
dbUser = "postgres"
}
dbName := os.Getenv("DB_NAME")
// connect to database
databaseURL := fmt.Sprintf("user=%s password=%s dbname=%s host=%s port=%s sslmode=disable",
dbUser, dbPass, dbName, dbHost, dbPort)
db, err := sql.Open("postgres", databaseURL)
if err != nil {
return nil, err
}
if err = db.Ping(); err != nil {
return nil, err
}
return db, nil
}