Use ActiveRecord to manage connections

Insert data by using ActiveRecord to manage opening and closing a connection to Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL.

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For detailed documentation that includes this code sample, see the following:

• Manage database connections

Code sample

Ruby

To authenticate to Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

@vote = Vote.new candidate: candidate

# ActiveRecord creates and executes your SQL and automatically
# handles the opening and closing of the database connection.
if @vote.save
  render json: "Vote successfully cast for \"#{@vote.candidate}\" at #{@vote.time_cast} PST!"
else
  render json: @vote.errors, status: :unprocessable_entity
end

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