database setup

initializers/database.go

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+package initializers
+
+import (
+	"log"
+	"os"
+
+	"gorm.io/driver/postgres"
+	"gorm.io/gorm"
+)
+
+var DB *gorm.DB
+
+func ConnectToDB() {
+	var err error
+	dsn := os.Getenv("DB_URL")
+	DB, err = gorm.Open(postgres.Open(dsn), &gorm.Config{})
+
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal("Fail to connect to DB")
+	}
+}

initializers/loadEnvVariables.go

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+package initializers
+
+import (
+	"log"
+
+	"github.com/joho/godotenv"
+)
+
+func LoadEnvVariables() {
+	err := godotenv.Load()
+
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal("Error loading .env file")
+	}
+
+}