Metadata-Version: 2.1
Name: dj-database-url
Version: 0.5.0
Summary: Use Database URLs in your Django Application.
Home-page: https://github.com/kennethreitz/dj-database-url
Author: Kenneth Reitz
Author-email: me@kennethreitz.com
License: BSD
Platform: any
Classifier: Environment :: Web Environment
Classifier: Intended Audience :: Developers
Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License
Classifier: Operating System :: OS Independent
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python
Classifier: Topic :: Internet :: WWW/HTTP :: Dynamic Content
Classifier: Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.2
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.3
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.4
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5
License-File: LICENSE


dj-database-url
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This simple Django utility allows you to utilize the
`12factor <http://www.12factor.net/backing-services>`_ inspired
``DATABASE_URL`` environment variable to configure your Django application.

The ``dj_database_url.config`` method returns a Django database connection
dictionary, populated with all the data specified in your URL. There is
also a `conn_max_age` argument to easily enable Django's connection pool.

If you'd rather not use an environment variable, you can pass a URL in directly
instead to ``dj_database_url.parse``.

Supported Databases
-------------------

Support currently exists for PostgreSQL, PostGIS, MySQL, MySQL (GIS),
Oracle, Oracle (GIS), and SQLite.

Installation
------------

Installation is simple::

    $ pip install dj-database-url

Usage
-----

Configure your database in ``settings.py`` from ``DATABASE_URL``::

    import dj_database_url

    DATABASES['default'] = dj_database_url.config(conn_max_age=600, ssl_require=True)

Provide a default::

    DATABASES['default'] = dj_database_url.config(default='postgres://...'}

Parse an arbitrary Database URL::

    DATABASES['default'] = dj_database_url.parse('postgres://...', conn_max_age=600)

The ``conn_max_age`` attribute is the lifetime of a database connection in seconds
and is available in Django 1.6+. If you do not set a value, it will default to ``0``
which is Django's historical behavior of using a new database connection on each
request. Use ``None`` for unlimited persistent connections.




