DATABASE_URL is not set(CS50) [duplicate]

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I'm working on cs50 project1 (js & python), I download the project, and found this line in it:

engine = create_engine(os.getenv("DATABASE_URL"))

the question is how to set up the DATABASE_URL?

bigEvilBanana · Accepted Answer · 2018-08-16 16:02:54Z

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add this code after initialising your app:

app.config['DATABASE_URL'] = "path_to_db"

Or export it by running in your command line:

export DATABASE_URL=""postgres://user:password@server_ip:5432/table_name""

answered Aug 16, 2018 at 16:02

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Rafał · Accepted Answer · 2018-08-16 16:03:36Z

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If you use Linux you could set variable in environment via:

 $ export DATABASE_URL="postgresql://localhost/yourdatabase"

answered Aug 16, 2018 at 16:03

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