Merge pull request #3 from sascha-andres/feature/db-path-config

Make path to database configurable

README.md

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ Shiori is a simple bookmarks manager written in Go language. Intended as a simpl
 - [Features](#features)
 - [Installation](#installation)
 - [Usage](#usage)
+- [Advanced](#advanced)
 - [Examples](#examples)
 - [License](#license)
 
@@ -57,6 +58,10 @@ Flags:
 Use "shiori [command] --help" for more information about a command.
 ```
 
+### Advanced
+
+By default, `shiori` will create database in the location where you run it. For example, if you run `shiori`. To set the database to a specific location, you can set the environment variable `ENV_SHIORI_DB` to your desired path. 
+
 ## Examples
 
 1. Save new bookmark with tags "nature" and "climate-change".

database/sqlite.go

@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ type SQLiteDatabase struct {
 }
 
 // OpenSQLiteDatabase creates and open connection to new SQLite3 database.
-func OpenSQLiteDatabase() (*SQLiteDatabase, error) {
+func OpenSQLiteDatabase(databasePath string) (*SQLiteDatabase, error) {
 	// Open database and start transaction
 	var err error
-	db := sqlx.MustConnect("sqlite3", "shiori.db")
+	db := sqlx.MustConnect("sqlite3", databasePath)
 	tx := db.MustBegin()
 
 	// Make sure to rollback if panic ever happened

main.go

@@ -2,13 +2,20 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"os"
+
 	"github.com/RadhiFadlillah/shiori/cmd"
 	db "github.com/RadhiFadlillah/shiori/database"
 	_ "github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3"
 )
 
 func main() {
-	sqliteDB, err := db.OpenSQLiteDatabase()
+	databasePath := "shiori.db"
+	if value, found := os.LookupEnv("ENV_SHIORI_DB"); found {
+		databasePath = value
+	}
+
+	sqliteDB, err := db.OpenSQLiteDatabase(databasePath)
 	checkError(err)
 
 	cmd.DB = sqliteDB