node-api/common/db.go

package common

import (
	"log"

	"github.com/jinzhu/gorm"
	// This is line from GORM documentation that imports database dialect
	_ "github.com/jinzhu/gorm/dialects/sqlite"
)

var db *gorm.DB

func init() {
	var err error

	config := GetConfig()

	db, err = gorm.Open("sqlite3", config.DatabasePath)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalln(err)
	}
}

// GetDBConnection returns opened connection to the database
func GetDBConnection() *gorm.DB {
	return db
}