db updation

civicfix/settings.py

@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 import os
 from pathlib import Path
-import dj_database_url
 from dotenv import load_dotenv
-import cloudinary
-import cloudinary.uploader
-import cloudinary.api
 
 # Load .env file (for local dev only, Render will use Environment tab)
 load_dotenv()
@@ -12,9 +8,9 @@ load_dotenv()
 BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
 
 # Security
-SECRET_KEY = os.getenv("SECRET_KEY", "unsafe-secret-key")
-DEBUG = os.getenv("DEBUG", "False") == "True"
-ALLOWED_HOSTS = ["*", "civicfix.onrender.com"]
+SECRET_KEY = os.getenv("SECRET_KEY")
+DEBUG = True
+ALLOWED_HOSTS = ["localhost", "127.0.0.1"]
 
 # Installed apps
 INSTALLED_APPS = [
@@ -24,19 +20,11 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = [
     'django.contrib.humanize',
     'django.contrib.sessions',
     'django.contrib.messages',
-    'cloudinary',
-    'cloudinary_storage',
     'django.contrib.staticfiles',
     'whitenoise.runserver_nostatic',
     'core.apps.CoreConfig',
 ]
 
-CLOUDINARY_STORAGE = {
-    'CLOUD_NAME': os.getenv('CLOUD_NAME'),
-    'API_KEY': os.getenv('API_KEY'),
-    'API_SECRET': os.getenv('API_SECRET'),
-}
-
 AUTH_USER_MODEL = 'core.User'
 
 MIDDLEWARE = [
@@ -69,13 +57,16 @@ TEMPLATES = [
 
 WSGI_APPLICATION = 'civicfix.wsgi.application'
 
-# Database (Render Postgres, fallback to SQLite locally)
+# Database (PostgreSQL for Local)
 DATABASES = {
-    "default": dj_database_url.config(
-        default=os.environ.get("DATABASE_URL"),
-        conn_max_age=600,
-        ssl_require=True,  
-    )
+    'default': {
+        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql',
+        'NAME': os.getenv("DB_NAME"),
+        'USER': os.getenv("DB_USER"),
+        'PASSWORD': os.getenv("DB_PASSWORD"),
+        'HOST': os.getenv("DB_HOST"),
+        'PORT': os.getenv("DB_PORT"),
+    }
 }
 
 # Password validators
@@ -86,6 +77,7 @@ AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS = [
     {'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.NumericPasswordValidator'},
 ]
 
+
 # Internationalization
 LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us'
 TIME_ZONE = 'UTC'
@@ -96,18 +88,8 @@ USE_TZ = True
 STATIC_URL = "/static/"
 STATIC_ROOT = BASE_DIR / "staticfiles"
 STATICFILES_STORAGE = "whitenoise.storage.CompressedManifestStaticFilesStorage"
-
-
-cloudinary.config( 
-    cloud_name=os.getenv("CLOUD_NAME"),
-    api_key=os.getenv("API_KEY"),
-    api_secret=os.getenv("API_SECRET"),
-    secure=True
-)
-
-# Default storage (Cloudinary)
-DEFAULT_FILE_STORAGE = 'cloudinary_storage.storage.MediaCloudinaryStorage'
-
+MEDIA_URL = "/media/"
+MEDIA_ROOT = BASE_DIR / "media"
 
 # Auth redirects
 LOGIN_REDIRECT_URL = 'citizen_dashboard'