Testing for SQL Django integration

alttextbackend/data/postgres/books.py

@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
 import uuid
 
+
 try:
     from .config import Database
 except ImportError:
     from config import Database
 
+from django.db import connection
+
+
 """
 BOOKS DATABASE ATTRIBUTES
     *id: str
@@ -17,11 +21,10 @@ BOOKS DATABASE ATTRIBUTES
 
 
 def createBookTable():
-    db = Database()
     query = "CREATE TABLE books (id varchar(255) NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY, title varchar(255), size varchar(255), status varchar(255), numImages int, coverExt varchar(255));"
-    db.sendQuery(query)
-    db.commit()
-    db.close()
+    with connection.cursor() as cursor:
+        cursor.execute(query)
+        return cursor.fetchall()
 
 
 def jsonifyBook(book: tuple):

alttextbackend/settings.py

@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.2/ref/settings/
 
 from pathlib import Path
 
+import os
+
 # Build paths inside the project like this: BASE_DIR / 'subdir'.
 BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
 
@@ -75,9 +77,13 @@ WSGI_APPLICATION = "alttextbackend.wsgi.application"
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.2/ref/settings/#databases
 
 DATABASES = {
-    "default": {
-        "ENGINE": "django.db.backends.sqlite3",
-        "NAME": BASE_DIR / "db.sqlite3",
+    'default': {
+        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql',
+        'NAME': os.environ['DATABASE_NAME'],
+        'USER': os.environ['DATABASE_USER'],
+        'PASSWORD': os.environ['DATABASE_PASSWORD'],
+        'HOST': os.environ['DATABASE_HOST'], # Or the address of your database server
+        'PORT': os.environ['DATABASE_PORT'], # Default PostgreSQL port
     }
 }