Summary: RedwoodSDK is a full-stack framework for Cloudflare Workers, and connecting it to Lakebase Postgres requires choosing between two drivers: postgres.js or the Neon serverless driver (@neondatabase/serverless). This guide walks through creating a project on Neon, installing the chosen driver, storing the DATABASE_URL connection string in .env, and configuring route handlers in TypeScript to query the database. Use this page when building a RedwoodSDK app on Cloudflare that needs a serverless Postgres backend.

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RedwoodSDK is a framework for building full-stack applications on Cloudflare. This guide describes how to create a Neon project and access it from a RedwoodSDK application.

To create a project on Neon and access it from a RedwoodSDK application:

If you do not have one already, create a Neon project. Save your connection details including your password. They are required when defining connection settings.

1. Navigate to the Projects page in the Neon Console.
2. Click New Project.
3. Specify your project settings and click Create Project.

1. Create a RedwoodSDK project if you do not have one. For instructions, see RedwoodSDK Quickstart.

2. Navigate into your new project directory and install the RedwoodSDK dependencies:

   cd my-redwood-app
   npm install

3. Add project dependencies depending on the PostgreSQL driver you wish to use (postgres.js or @neondatabase/serverless):

   postgres.js

   npm install postgres

   Neon serverless driver

   npm install @neondatabase/serverless

Add a .env file to your project directory and add your Neon connection string to it. You can find your Neon database connection string by clicking the Connect button in the Console nav to open the Connect to your branch modal. For more information, see Connect from any application.

DATABASE_URL="postgresql://<user>:<password>@<endpoint_hostname>.neon.tech:<port>/<dbname>?sslmode=require&channel_binding=require"

In your RedwoodSDK application (for example, in src/app/pages/Home.tsx), import the driver and use it within your route handlers.

Here's how you can set up a simple route to query the database:

postgres.js

import { RequestInfo } from "rwsdk/worker";
import postgres from 'postgres';
import { env } from "cloudflare:workers";

async function getData() {
  const sql = postgres(env.DATABASE_URL, { ssl: 'require' });
  const response = await sql`SELECT version()`;
  return response[0].version;
}

export async function Home({ ctx }: RequestInfo) {
  const data = await getData();
  return <>{data}</>;
}

Neon serverless driver

import { RequestInfo } from "rwsdk/worker";
import { neon } from '@neondatabase/serverless';
import { env } from "cloudflare:workers";

async function getData() {
  const sql = neon(env.DATABASE_URL);
  const response = await sql`SELECT version()`;
  return response[0].version;
}

export async function Home({ ctx }: RequestInfo) {
  const data = await getData();
  return <>{data}</>;
}

Generate the required Wrangler types for RedwoodSDK to detect environment variables:

npx wrangler types

Start the development server:

npm run dev

Navigate to (localhost:5173) in your browser. You should see a response similar to the following, indicating a successful connection to your Neon database:

PostgreSQL 17.5 (6bc9ef8) on aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu, compiled by gcc (Debian 12.2.0-14+deb12u1) 12.2.0, 64-bit

The specific version may vary depending on the PostgreSQL version of your Neon project.

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