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How to use Supabase with Sequelize ORM?

Discover detailed steps on connecting Supabase with Sequelize ORM to boost your JavaScript app's database abilities. Improve your project's data handling effortlessly. See how it's done.

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Overview

Before diving into how Supabase works with Sequelize ORM, it's good to know their functions. Supabase serves as an open-source alternative to Firebase, known for real-time updates, user authentication, and management. Sequelize, conversely, is a Node.js ORM that deals with SQL dialects, transactions, and relational databases. These tools play a big role in database handling. This guide takes you through setting up Sequelize with Supabase, from initializing, creating models, managing data, to grasping important aspects of their integration. Familiarity with SQL, Node.js, and basic ORM concepts would help in utilizing this guide to its full potential.

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How to use Supabase with Sequelize ORM?

Step 1: Initialize Sequelize within your Supabase Project

Alright, let's get started by setting up a Sequelize instance to connect to your Supabase project. Here's how you can do it:

const { Sequelize } = require('sequelize');
const sequelize = new Sequelize('supabase_database', 'supabase_user', 'supabase_password', {
  host: 'supabase_host',
  dialect: 'postgresql' 
});

Just swap out 'supabase_database', 'supabase_user', 'supabase_password', and 'supabase_host' with your actual database details. Easy peasy, right?

Step 2: Define Models

Next up, let's define some models to represent the tables in your database. Think of models as blueprints for your data:

const User = sequelize.define('User', {
  firstName: {
    type: Sequelize.STRING,
    allowNull: false
  },
  lastName: {
    type: Sequelize.STRING
  }
});
//..

Step 3: Synchronize Models and Database

Now, let's sync those models with the database. This step makes sure your tables are created based on the models you've defined:

sequelize.sync({ force: true })
  .then(() => {
    console.log(`Database & tables created!`);
  });

Heads up! The force: true option will drop the table if it already exists and recreate it. Be careful with this in production because it will wipe out your data.

Step 4: Perform CRUD Operations

Now for the fun part—CRUD operations! These are the basic operations you can perform on your data: Create, Read, Update, and Delete. Here are some examples:

// Create a new user
User.create({ firstName: "John", lastName: "Doe" });

// Fetch all users
User.findAll().then(users => console.log(users));

// Update a user
User.update({ lastName: "Smith" }, {
  where: {
    firstName: "John"
  }
});

// Delete a user
User.destroy({
  where: {
    firstName: "John"
  }
});

Step 5: Close the Connection

Finally, don't forget to close the Sequelize connection when you're done. Sequelize doesn't automatically manage the lifetime of connections, so it's up to you to close it:

sequelize.close();

And there you have it! These steps should help you integrate Sequelize ORM within your Supabase project. Happy coding!

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