---
tags: music-library
---

# postgres drop-database.js

const { Client } = require('pg')
const path = require('path')

const loadEnv = () => {
  const { NODE_ENV } = process.env
  if (NODE_ENV != 'production') {
  
    const envFile = '../.env.test'
    
    require('dotenv').config({
      path: path.join(__dirname, envFile),
    })
  
    const databaseName = process.env.PGDATABASE
  
    delete process.env.PGDATABASE

    return databaseName
  }
}

const dropDatabase = async (databaseName) => {
  const client = new Client()
  try {
    await client.connect()
  
    console.log(`Destroying ${databaseName} database...`)
  
    await client.query(`DROP DATABASE ${databaseName} WITH (FORCE)`)
  
    console.log('Database destroyed!')
  } catch (err) {
    console.log(err)

  } finally {
    client.end()
  }
}

const databaseName = loadEnv()
dropDatabase(databaseName)