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Database Persistence
The persistence package includes classes to store different class objects in a Postgres database.
models
This defines models for all class objects that we want to persist. It is used for Object Relation Mapping (ORM) of the class objects to database table columns
repositories
This defines repository classes that contain CRUD methods for database operations.
config_db
This Python file is a configuration class that contains variables that map to configuration parameters in a .env file.
It also contains a method def conn_string() which returns the connection string to a Postgres database.
Base
This class has a constructor that establishes a database connection and returns a reference for database-related CRUD operations.
db_migration
This Python file is in the root of Hub and should be run to create all the required Postgres database tables
Database Configuration Parameter
A .env file (or environment variables) with configuration parameters described below are needed to establish a database connection:
DB_USER=postgres-database-user
DB_PASSWORD=postgres-database-password
DB_HOST=database-host
DB_PORT=database-port