setup to control production db from local app

app/config/db.config.js

@@ -29,6 +29,15 @@ module.exports = {
 		password: 'ykjkyenyvxig208z',
 		database: 'n0j9gxnf4ijr7g8t',
 		host: 'am1shyeyqbxzy8gc.cbetxkdyhwsb.us-east-1.rds.amazonaws.com',
-		dialect: 'mysql'
+		dialect: 'mysql',
+
+		// default options for all models
+		define: {
+			underscored: true, // true: use underscore for automatically added attributes like timestamps below
+			timestamps: true // createdAt and updatedAt automatically added
+		},
+
+		// disable logging; default: console.log
+		logging: false
 	}
 };

bin/prod.js

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+process.env.NODE_ENV = process.env.NODE_ENV || 'production';
+process.env.DROP_TABLES = true;
+
+require('dotenv-flow').config({
+	node_env: process.env.NODE_ENV
+});
+require('../server');

docs/heroku

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+To run different npm scripts from package.json in heroku application itself:
+1. `heroku login`
+2. `heroku run npm run drop:local -a {heroku_app_name}`
+Note: you may have to also run `npm install` within the application to get some packages to run other scripts.

package.json

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 		"test": "nodemon bin/test.js",
 		"drop:local": "DROP_TABLES=true node bin/dev.js",
 		"drop:test": "DROP_TABLES=true node bin/test.js",
+		"drop:prod": "node bin/prod.js",
 		"drop:local:windows": "SET DROP_TABLES=true&& node bin/dev.js",
 		"drop:test:windows": "SET DROP_TABLES=true&& node bin/test.js",
 		"start": "node server.js"