From 5715cec530743621f7985eed3c18028dabf2aed1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matt Huntington Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2021 17:20:16 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Update django.md --- django.md | 14 ++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/django.md b/django.md index a8cc24b..d197189 100644 --- a/django.md +++ b/django.md @@ -296,7 +296,13 @@ Copy the heroku url that was created (without the `https://`), go to your `djang ```python ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['localhost', 'agile-earth-74098.herokuapp.com'] ``` - + +Add `dj_database_url` so that production will get the database info from environment variables: + +``` +python -m pip install dj_database_url +``` + At the top of `django_rest_api/settings.py` add `import dj_database_url`: ```python @@ -327,7 +333,9 @@ create `Procfile` and add web: gunicorn django_rest_api.wsgi ``` -create `Pipfile` and add +This will help heroku know how to build your app + +Create `Pipfile` and add ``` [[source]] @@ -353,6 +361,8 @@ python_version = "3.9.1" ``` **Note:** on the last line, substitute your version of python (`python --version`) +This will tell heroku what packages it needs + ### On the Browser 1. Go to your heroku dashboard for the heroku project you just created