hyperjumptech / prisma-seeder

CLI tool to automatically populate your database with dummy data based on your schema.prisma file

Prisma Seeder

About

Prisma Seeder is a CLI tool to automatically populate your database with dummy data based on your schema.prisma file.

Motivation

Prisma has a feature to seed the database using npx prisma db seed. However, you still need to write the script to create entries to your database. With Prisma Seeder, you don't need to write the script.

Installation

Prisma Seeder is written using TypeScript for Node.js environment. So you can install it as follows

npm install -g @hyperjumptech/prisma-seeder

Usage

prisma-seeder --schema <path_to_schema_prisma_file> --database-url <url_of_the_database>

Development

clone the repo, then install dependencies using

npm install

then run

./bin/dev --schema <path_to_schema_prisma_file> --database-url <url_of_the_database>

Testing

To run the test in your computer:

1. Run npm run dbsetup in a terminal tab. Note: You need to install and run docker first.
2. Run npm run test in a different terminal tab.

License

MIT