Hands-On RESTful Python Web Services - Second Edition

Configuring the database

The default SQLite database engine and the database file name are specified in the games_service/games_service/settings.py Python file. In order to work with PostgreSQL 10.5 instead of SQLite for this example, replace the declaration of the DATABASES dictionary in this file with the following lines. The nested dictionary maps the database named default with the django.db.backends.postgresql database engine, the desired database name, and its settings. In this case, we will create a database named games.

Make sure you specify the desired database name in the value for the 'NAME' key and that you configure the user, password, host, and port based on the user you recently created and your PostgreSQL 10.5 configuration. ...