Connecting to a database from Postman is not easy. In this tutorial, I will explore three possible solutions and discuss the pros and cons.

Simple Node.js script that connects to a Postgres database and exposes a simple REST endpoint:
https://glitch.com/edit/#!/nodejsap...

Opensource tools that can help you connect to a database:

Postgres https://nodepostgres.com/
PostgreSQL, MySQL, CockroachDB, MSSQL, SQLite3, Oracle with Knex https://github.com/knex/knex

MySQL
https://github.com/o1lab/xmysql



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01:01 How to do an SQL query from Postman
02:03 Solution #1 Don't do it!
02:45 Solution #2 Write a small Node.js script
03:22 Solution #3 Hasura



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