Setup Postgres for local development.

db/README.md

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+## Postgres Setup with docker-compose
+
+Start the postgres container with the following command:
+```bash
+docker-compose up -d
+```
+
+Alternatively, you can use a PyCharm configuration to start the container. (Docker > Docker Compose)

db/docker-compose.yml

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+version: '3.8'
+
+services:
+  postgres:
+    image: postgres:latest
+    environment:
+      POSTGRES_DB: mixr-db
+      POSTGRES_USER: mixr-api
+      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: mypassword
+    ports:
+      - "5432:5432"
+    # Optional: Uncomment the following line to mount a volume for persistence
+    # volumes:
+    #   - /path/on/host:/var/lib/postgresql/data

mixr_api/settings.py

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 DATABASES = {
     'default': {
-        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
+        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql',
-        'NAME': BASE_DIR / 'db.sqlite3',
+        'NAME': 'mixr-db',
+        'USER': 'mixr-api',
+        'PASSWORD': 'mypassword',
+        'HOST': '127.0.0.1',
+        'PORT': '5432',
     }
 }
 

requirements.txt

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 Django~=5.0.2
+psycopg2-binary~=2.9.9