Use dj-database-url

Author: Steven Normore

mysite/settings.py

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 import os
 import sys
+import dj_database_url
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
 
 from django.core.management.utils import get_random_secret_key
@@ -89,17 +90,8 @@
 elif len(sys.argv) > 0 and sys.argv[1] != 'collectstatic':
     if os.getenv("DATABASE_URL", None) is None:
         raise Exception("DATABASE_URL environment variable not defined")
-    r = urlparse(os.environ.get("DATABASE_URL"))
     DATABASES = {
-        "default": {
-            "ENGINE": "django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2",
-            "NAME": os.path.relpath(r.path, "/"),
-            "USER": r.username,
-            "PASSWORD": r.password,
-            "HOST": r.hostname,
-            "PORT": r.port,
-            "OPTIONS": {"sslmode": "require"},
-        }
+        "default": dj_database_url.parse(os.environ.get("DATABASE_URL")),
     }
 
 

requirements.txt

@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ psycopg2-binary==2.8.6
 pytz==2020.1
 sqlparse==0.3.1
 whitenoise==5.2.0
+dj-database-url==0.5.0