switched from sqlite to postgres

testapi/settings.py

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.1/ref/settings/
 """
 
 from pathlib import Path
-
+import os
 # Build paths inside the project like this: BASE_DIR / 'subdir'.
 BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
 
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = [
     'drf_spectacular', 
     'corsheaders',
     'api.apps.ApiConfig',
+
 ]
 
 MIDDLEWARE = [
@@ -89,21 +90,16 @@ WSGI_APPLICATION = 'testapi.wsgi.application'
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.1/ref/settings/#databases
 
 DATABASES = {
-    # 'default': {
-    #     'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql',
-    #     'NAME': 'drfapi',     # Your database name
-    #     'USER': 'postgres',     # Your PostgreSQL username
-    #     'PASSWORD': '1235', # Your PostgreSQL password
-    #     'HOST': 'localhost',        # Or your DB server's IP
-    #     'PORT': '5432',             # Default PostgreSQL port
-    # }
     'default': {
-        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
-        'NAME': BASE_DIR / 'db.sqlite3',
+        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql',
+        'NAME': os.environ.get("DB_NAME", "drfapi"),
+        'USER': os.environ.get("DB_USER", "postgres"),
+        'PASSWORD': os.environ.get("DB_PASSWORD", "1235"),
+        'HOST': os.environ.get("DB_HOST", "localhost"),
+        'PORT': os.environ.get("DB_PORT", "5432"),
     }
 }
 
-
 # Password validation
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.1/ref/settings/#auth-password-validators