Jellystat/backend/create_database.js

const { Client } = require('pg');

const _POSTGRES_USER=process.env.POSTGRES_USER;
const _POSTGRES_PASSWORD = process.env.POSTGRES_PASSWORD;
const _POSTGRES_IP=process.env.POSTGRES_IP;
const _POSTGRES_PORT = process.env.POSTGRES_PORT;


const client = new Client({
    host: _POSTGRES_IP,
    user: _POSTGRES_USER,
    password: _POSTGRES_PASSWORD,
    port: _POSTGRES_PORT,
});

const createDatabase = async () => {
    try {
        await client.connect();                            // gets connection
        await client.query('CREATE DATABASE jfstat'); // sends queries
        return true;
    } catch (error) {
        if(!error.stack.includes('already exists'))
        {
            console.error(error.stack);
        }

        return false;
    } finally {
        await client.end();                                // closes connection
    }
};


module.exports = {
    createDatabase:createDatabase,
  };