using go modules now

models/db.go

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+package models
+
+import "os"
+import "time"
+import "github.com/astaxie/beego/orm"
+import "github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
+import _ "github.com/lib/pq"
+
+var ormObject orm.Ormer
+
+func Initialize() {
+	if os.Getenv("DEBUG") != "" {
+		orm.Debug = true
+	}
+
+	ConnectToDb()
+	SyncDB()
+}
+
+// ConnectToDb - Initializes the ORM and Connection to the postgres DB
+func ConnectToDb() {
+
+	orm.DefaultTimeLoc = time.UTC
+
+	POSTGRES_DB_URL := os.Getenv("POSTGRES_DB_URL")
+
+	orm.RegisterDriver("postgres", orm.DRPostgres)
+	orm.RegisterDataBase("default", "postgres", POSTGRES_DB_URL)
+	orm.SetMaxIdleConns("default", 1)
+	orm.SetMaxOpenConns("default", 5)
+
+	orm.RegisterModel(new(Merp))
+	ormObject = orm.NewOrm()
+	ormObject.Using("default")
+
+}
+
+func SyncDB() {
+	// Database alias.
+	name := "default"
+
+	// Drop table and re-create.
+	force := false
+
+	// Print log.
+	verbose := true
+
+	// Error.
+	err := orm.RunSyncdb(name, force, verbose)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal().Msg(err.Error())
+	}
+}
+
+// GetOrmObject - Getter function for the ORM object with which we can query the database
+func GetOrmObject() orm.Ormer {
+	if ormObject == nil {
+		Initialize()
+	}
+	return ormObject
+}

models/merp.go

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+package models
+
+import "time"
+
+type Merp struct {
+	ID       int       `orm:"auto;column(id)"`
+	Content  string    `json:"content" orm:"type(jsonb);column(content)"`
+	Created  time.Time `orm:"auto_now_add;type(datetime);column(created)"`
+	RemoteIP string    `orm:"size(128);column(remoteip)"`
+	Thing    string    `json:"thing" orm:"index;size(256)"`
+	UUID     string    `orm:"size(36);column(uuid)"`
+}