Routing, templating, and database handling

database/databaseConnection.go

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+package database
+
+import (
+	"GoWeb/app"
+	"database/sql"
+	"fmt"
+	_ "github.com/lib/pq"
+	"log"
+)
+
+// ConnectDB returns a new database connection
+func ConnectDB(app *app.App) *sql.DB {
+	// Set connection parameters from config
+	postgresConfig := fmt.Sprintf("host=%s port=%s user=%s "+
+		"password=%s dbname=%s sslmode=disable",
+		app.Config.Db.Ip, app.Config.Db.Port, app.Config.Db.User, app.Config.Db.Password, app.Config.Db.Name)
+
+	// Create connection
+	db, err := sql.Open("postgres", postgresConfig)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	// Test connection
+	err = db.Ping()
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	log.Println("Connected to database successfully on " + app.Config.Db.Ip + ":" + app.Config.Db.Port + " using database " + app.Config.Db.Name)
+
+	return db
+}