Add database env variable

Author: andrewbaldwin44

django_blog/settings.py

@@ -12,12 +12,14 @@
 
 import os
 import json
-import django_heroku
+import dj_database_url
+
+from dotenv import load_dotenv
 
 # Build paths inside the project like this: os.path.join(BASE_DIR, ...)
 BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
 
-
+load_dotenv(BASE_DIR / '.env')
 # Quick-start development settings - unsuitable for production
 # See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.0/howto/deployment/checklist/
 
@@ -27,7 +29,7 @@
 # SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
 DEBUG = os.environ.get('PRODUCTION') != 'true'
 
-ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['localhost', 'https://django-blog-7rxa.onrender.com/']
+ALLOWED_HOSTS = os.getenv('ALLOWED_HOSTS').split(' ')
 
 
 # Application definition
@@ -79,10 +81,7 @@
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.0/ref/settings/#databases
 
 DATABASES = {
-    'default': {
-        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
-        'NAME': os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'db.sqlite3'),
-    }
+    'default': dj_database_url.parse(os.environ.get('DATABASE_URL'), conn_max_age=600)
 }
 
 
@@ -144,5 +143,3 @@
 EMAIL_HOST_USER = os.environ.get('EMAIL_USER')
 EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = os.environ.get('EMAIL_PASS')
 DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL = 'CodingWithAndrewTeam <noreply@codingwithandrew.com>'
-
-django_heroku.settings(locals())

requirements.txt

@@ -8,8 +8,9 @@ django-heroku==0.3.1
 gunicorn==20.0.4
 idna==2.10
 Pillow==7.2.0
-psycopg2==2.7.5
-psycopg2-binary==2.8.6
+psycopg2==2.9.5
+psycopg2-binary==2.9.5
+python-dotenv==0.21.1
 pytz==2020.1
 requests==2.24.0
 sqlparse==0.3.1