DEPRECATED — see https://www.npmjs.com/package/neondb instead

Instagres

Instant Postgres. No signup required. Powered by Neon.

CLI Usage

To get started, run one of the commands below. This will give you a Postgres connection string and add it to a .env file. (You need one of Node.js / Bun / Deno installed.)

# Node + NPM
npx instagres

# Node + Yarn
yarn dlx instagres

# Node + PNPM
pnpx instagres

# Bun
bunx instagres

# Deno
deno run -A npm:instagres

Available options:

--file   : Path to the .env file - defaults to .env
--name   : Environment variable key for the connection string in the .env file - defaults to DATABASE_URL
--pooler : Get a connection string to a connection pooler - not enabled by default

Library usage

# NPM
npm install instagres

# Yarn
yarn add instagres

# PNPM
pnpm install instagres

# Bun
bun install instagres

Use the instagres async function to retrieve an instant Postgres connection string from Instagres. If the DATABASE_URL (or a custom key) is not already set in your specified .env file, the function will:

1. Prompt the user to generate a new connection string.
2. Save the generated connection string to the specified .env file (defaults to .env) under the specified key (defaults to DATABASE_URL)
3. Return the connection string.

// ESM
import instagres from "instagres";

// CommonJS
const { default: instagres } = require("instagres");

// Deno
import instagres from "npm:instagres@^1.1.4";

/**
 * Creates an instant Postgres connection string from Instagres by Neon
 * if not already set in the specified .env file.
 * Prompts the user to optionally generate a connection string,
 * saves it to the .env file, and returns the connection string.
 *
 * @param {Object} params - The function parameters.
 * @param {string} [params.dotEnvFile='.env'] - The path to the .env file.
 * @param {string} [params.dotEnvKey='DATABASE_URL'] - The environment variable key for the connection string.
 * @param {boolean} [params.withPooler=false] - Indicates whether a connection pooler should be used.
 * @param {string} params.source - A name to help us (Instagres & Neon) understand where this is coming from. You should set this to the name of your project.
 *
 * @returns {Promise<string>} - The Postgres connection string.
 */
// use defaults
const connectionString = await instagres({ source: "my-cool-project" });
// or pass (some) options
const connectionString = await instagres({
  dotEnvFile: ".env",
  dotEnvKey: "DATABASE_URL",
  withPooler: false,
  source: "my-cool-project",
});