Database refactor

social_media_api/settings.py

@@ -110,15 +110,11 @@
 # settings.py
 
 
-DATABASES = { 
-    'default': { 
-        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql', 
-        'NAME': config('DATABASE_NAME'), 
-        'USER': config('DATABASE_USER'),
-        'PASSWORD': config('DATABASE_PASSWORD'), 
-        'HOST': config('DATABASE_HOST'), 
-        'PORT': config('DATABASE_PORT'),
-     } 
+DATABASES = {
+    'default': dj_database_url.config(
+        default='postgresql://postgres:postgres@localhost:5432/mysite',
+        conn_max_age=600
+    )
 }
 
 
@@ -160,6 +156,13 @@
 STATIC_URL = 'static/'
 STATICFILES_DIRS = [os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'static')]
 STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'staticfiles')
+# This production code might break development mode, so we check whether we're in DEBUG mode
+if not DEBUG:
+    # Tell Django to copy static assets into a path called `staticfiles` (this is specific to Render)
+    STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'staticfiles')
+    # Enable the WhiteNoise storage backend, which compresses static files to reduce disk use
+    # and renames the files with unique names for each version to support long-term caching
+    STATICFILES_STORAGE = 'whitenoise.storage.CompressedManifestStaticFilesStorage'
 # Default primary key field type
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.1/ref/settings/#default-auto-field