Connect REST API to database with Go

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  • pq

    Pure Go Postgres driver for database/sql

  • Go’s standard library was not built to include any specific database drivers. So we need to install a third party package. In this case we are going to install https://github.com/lib/pq. Run following command:

  • TablePlus

    TablePlus macOS issue tracker

  • Now that the database is created let's connect to it. In my case I will be using TablePlus, but you can use other database management.

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