@norjs/pgrunner (Originally sendanor/nor-pgrunner)

Utility which can be used to start PostgreSQL server instances temporarely. Good for testing.

Installation

Install from NPM: npm install -g @norjs/pgrunner

Usage over CLI

Use with CLI:

norjs-pgrunner create
norjs-pgrunner list
norjs-pgrunner destroy

Usage over Node.js

Use with Node.js:

var pgrunner = require('@norjs/pgrunner');

Example usage:

pgrunner({
    'host': '127.0.0.1',  // Defaults to '127.0.0.1'
    'port': 55432,        // Defaults to '55432'
    'user': 'foo',        // Defaults to USER from ENV
    'database': 'dbname'  // Defaults to same value as the user option
}).then(function(server) {
    
    // server.pgconfig is a string like 'pg://jhh@127.0.0.1:55432/jhh'
    // server.settings has the same options as properties: host, port, user, database
    // server.env has the environment variables the server is using
    
    // Stop the instance
    return server.stop().then(function() {
        console.log('Stopped successfully');
    });

}).fail(function(err) {
    console.log('Error: ' + err);
}).done();

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