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Overview

This guide will show you how to set up Drizzle ORM with Trigger.dev, test and view an example task run.

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Prerequisites

  • An existing Node.js project with a package.json file
  • Ensure TypeScript is installed
  • A PostgreSQL database server running locally, or accessible via a connection string
  • Drizzle ORM installed and initialized in your project
  • A DATABASE_URL environment variable set in your .env file, pointing to your PostgreSQL database (e.g. postgresql://user:password@localhost:5432/dbname)

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Initial setup (optional)

Follow these steps if you don’t already have Trigger.dev set up in your project.
1

Run the CLI `init` command

The easiest way to get started is to use the CLI. It will add Trigger.dev to your existing project, create a /trigger folder and give you an example task.Run this command in the root of your project to get started:
npx trigger.dev@latest init
It will do a few things:
  1. Log you into the CLI if you’re not already logged in.
  2. Create a trigger.config.ts file in the root of your project.
  3. Ask where you’d like to create the /trigger directory.
  4. Create the /trigger directory with an example task, /trigger/example.[ts/js].
Install the “Hello World” example task when prompted. We’ll use this task to test the setup.
2

Run the CLI `dev` command

The CLI dev command runs a server for your tasks. It watches for changes in your /trigger directory and communicates with the Trigger.dev platform to register your tasks, perform runs, and send data back and forth.It can also update your @trigger.dev/* packages to prevent version mismatches and failed deploys. You will always be prompted first.
npx trigger.dev@latest dev
3

Perform a test run using the dashboard

The CLI dev command spits out various useful URLs. Right now we want to visit the Test page .You should see our Example task in the list , select it. Most tasks have a “payload” which you enter in the JSON editor , but our example task doesn’t need any input.Press the “Run test” button .Test page
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View your run

Congratulations, you should see the run page which will live reload showing you the current state of the run.Run pageIf you go back to your terminal you’ll see that the dev command also shows the task status and links to the run log.Terminal showing completed run

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Creating a task using Drizzle and deploying it to production

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The task using Drizzle

First, create a new task file in your trigger folder.This is a simple task that will add a new user to your database, we will call it drizzle-add-new-user.
For this task to work correctly, you will need to have a users table schema defined with Drizzle that includes name, age and email fields.
/trigger/drizzle-add-new-user.ts
import { eq } from "drizzle-orm";
import { task } from "@trigger.dev/sdk/v3";
import { users } from "src/db/schema";
import { drizzle } from "drizzle-orm/node-postgres";

// Initialize Drizzle client
const db = drizzle(process.env.DATABASE_URL!);

export const addNewUser = task({
  id: "drizzle-add-new-user",
  run: async (payload: typeof users.$inferInsert) => {
    // Create new user
    const [user] = await db.insert(users).values(payload).returning();

    return {
      createdUser: user,
      message: "User created and updated successfully",
    };
  },
});
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Configuring the build

Next, in your trigger.config.js file, add pg to the externals array. pg is a non-blocking PostgreSQL client for Node.js.It is marked as an external to ensure that it is not bundled into the task’s bundle, and instead will be installed and loaded from node_modules at runtime.
/trigger.config.js
import { defineConfig } from "@trigger.dev/sdk/v3";

export default defineConfig({
  project: "<project ref>", // Your project reference
  // Your other config settings...
  build: {
    externals: ["pg"],
  },
});
3

Deploying your task

Once the build configuration is added, you can now deploy your task using the Trigger.dev CLI.
npx trigger.dev@latest deploy
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Adding your DATABASE_URL environment variable to Trigger.dev

In your Trigger.dev dashboard sidebar click “Environment Variables” , and then the “New environment variable” button .Environment variables pageYou can add values for your local dev environment, staging and prod. in this case we will add the DATABASE_URL for the production environment.Environment variables page
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Running your task

To test this task, go to the ‘test’ page in the Trigger.dev dashboard and run the task with the following payload:
{
  "name": "<a-name>", // e.g. "John Doe"
  "age": "<an-age>", // e.g. 25
  "email": "<an-email>" // e.g. "john@doe.test"
}
Congratulations! You should now see a new completed run, and a new user with the credentials you provided should be added to your database.

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Useful next steps

Tasks overview

Learn what tasks are and their options

Writing tasks

Learn how to write your own tasks

Deploy using the CLI

Learn how to deploy your task manually using the CLI

Deploy using GitHub actions

Learn how to deploy your task using GitHub actions