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Postgres.js

Connecting with Postgres.js#

Postgres.js is a full-featured Postgres client for Node.js and Deno.

1
Install

Install Postgres.js and related dependencies.

npm i postgres
2
Connect

Create a db.js file with the connection details.

To get your connection details, go to the Connect panel. Choose Transaction pooler if you're on a platform with transient connections, such as a serverless function, and Session pooler if you have a long-lived connection. Copy the URI and save it as the environment variable DATABASE_URL.

// db.js
import postgres from 'postgres'
const connectionString = process.env.DATABASE_URL
const sql = postgres(connectionString, { prepare: false })
export default sql
3
Execute commands

Use the connection to execute commands.

import sql from './db.js'
async function getUsersOver(age) {
  const users = await sql`
    select name, age
    from users
    where age > ${ age }
  `
  // users = Result [{ name: "Walter", age: 80 }, { name: 'Murray', age: 68 }, ...]
  return users
}