Connection strings

Also know as Connection URIs

To connect to your database the CLI requires database credentials in the form of a connection string. The connection string specifies parameters such as the protocol, username, password, hostname, port, database name and finally a bunch of parameter keywords that allow adjustment of various aspects of the connection, like SSL, timeouts, etc.

Here's an example connection string:

postgresql://username:password@hostname:5432/database_name

Encoding

The parameters of a connection string must be percent encoded, that means that the value "p@ssword" needs to be encoded as "p%40ssword". This can be done via the encodeURIComponent function in your browser.

// TODO: Create a widget that helps people encode the parameters.