Heroku Database Settings Injection - How do I setup my dev django database?

Question

I\'m trying to get my local dev django app to work after following these instructions on adding env database settings.

https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/django-injec

Answer 1

Just set an environment variable on your operating system and check weither or not it's set. For instance, with a UNIX system:

# In ~/.bash_profile
export LOCAL_DEV=true

# In settings.py
import dj_database_url
DATABASES = {'default': dj_database_url.config(default='postgres://localhost')}

if bool(os.environ.get('LOCAL_DEV', False)):
    # Override DATABASES['default'] with your local database configuration

Also, if you need to set an environment variable on your heroku space:

heroku config:add MY_VAR='my_value'