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Author: atonixdev

backend/.env

@@ -4,10 +4,12 @@ SECRET_KEY=!s9g(4l%hn$$k8hqq6sodks2ni22!%6l+=8r3xygj%ho6vx2c%k
 ALLOWED_HOSTS=localhost,127.0.0.1,atonixdev.org,api.atonixdev.org,www.atonixdev.org
 
 # Database
+# Local dev default (SQLite). Docker Compose overrides DB_HOST/DB_* as needed.
+DATABASE_URL=sqlite:///db.sqlite3
+DB_HOST=
 DB_NAME=personal_brand_hub
 DB_USER=postgres
 DB_PASSWORD=postgres
-DB_HOST=db
 DB_PORT=5432
 
 # CORS Settings

backend/config/settings.py

@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@
 from datetime import timedelta
 from decouple import config, Csv
 
+try:
+    import dj_database_url
+except Exception:  # pragma: no cover
+    dj_database_url = None
+
 # Build paths inside the project like this: BASE_DIR / 'subdir'.
 BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
 
@@ -88,8 +93,18 @@
 WSGI_APPLICATION = 'config.wsgi.application'
 
 # Database
-# Use PostgreSQL when DB_HOST is provided via environment; fall back to SQLite for local dev.
-if config('DB_HOST', default=None):
+# Prefer DATABASE_URL when provided (works for local dev + production), else fall back to DB_HOST-based Postgres,
+# else fall back to SQLite.
+DATABASE_URL = config('DATABASE_URL', default='').strip()
+
+if DATABASE_URL and dj_database_url:
+    DATABASES = {
+        'default': dj_database_url.parse(
+            DATABASE_URL,
+            conn_max_age=60,
+        )
+    }
+elif config('DB_HOST', default=None):
     DATABASES = {
         'default': {
             'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql',

backend/requirements.txt

@@ -9,4 +9,5 @@ gunicorn==21.2.0
 whitenoise==6.6.0
 django-filter==23.5
 requests==2.32.3
+dj-database-url==2.3.0
 setuptools>=70.0.0