README.md

Extract Schema from Postgres Database

Reads various metadata from your postgres database and return a Javascript object. This package is used by Kanel to generate Typescript types and Schemalint to provide linting of database schemas.

View the documentation here

Installation

npm i extract-pg-schema

Usage

You give it a postgres connection config object and some options and it will connect to your database and generate

const { extractSchemas } = require('extract-pg-schema');

async function run() {
  const connection = {
    host: 'localhost',
    database: 'postgres',
    user: 'postgres',
    password: 'postgres',
  };

  const result = await extractSchemas(connection);

  console.log(result);
}

run();

For an example of a generated object, take a look at dvdrental.json file which is generated from the sample Database from PostgreSQLTutorial.com.

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