Merge pull request #23 from GauravJangra9988/db-initializtion-fix

Fix (Issue: #15): Added flag to optionally initialize db

Author: Ashrockzzz2003

README.md

@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ export MAILER_PASSWORD=<mailer_password>
 export FRONTEND_URL=<frontend_url>
 export HTTP_PORT=5000
 export GRPC_PORT=5001
+export INIT_DB=true
+export ENV=DEVELOPMENT
 ```
 3. Install the protobuf-grpc compiler.
 ```sh

db/init.go

@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@ import (
 func InitDb(ctx context.Context) error {
 
 	logger := util.SharedLogger
+
+	if os.Getenv("INIT_DB") != "true" {
+		logger.Info("initDb: skipping database initialization")
+		return nil
+	}
+
 	conn, err := connection.PoolConn(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
 		logger.Error("initDb: failed to get pool connection", err)

docker-compose.yml

@@ -17,3 +17,4 @@ services:
       HTTP_PORT: 5000
       GRPC_PORT: 5001
       ENV: DEVELOPMENT
+      INIT_DB: true