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Seed an Express + Postgres API with MockHero

Script

// scripts/seed.mjs
import pg from "pg";
const client = new pg.Client({ connectionString: process.env.DATABASE_URL });
await client.connect();

const sql = await fetch("https://api.mockhero.dev/api/v1/generate", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.MOCKHERO_API_KEY, "Content-Type": "application/json" },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    format: "sql",
    dialect: "postgresql",
    tables: [
      { name: "users", count: 100, fields: [
        { name: "id", type: "uuid" },
        { name: "email", type: "email" }
      ]},
      { name: "orders", count: 500, fields: [
        { name: "id", type: "uuid" },
        { name: "user_id", type: "ref", ref: "users.id" },
        { name: "total", type: "price" }
      ]}
    ]
  })
}).then(r => r.text());

await client.query(sql);
await client.end();

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