Populating test data for an existing installation

[michaelbromley]

When installing with @vendure/create, you have the option of populating test data (products, payment methods, countries, zones, tax rates etc).

This guide illustrates how to populate that test data again on an existing Vendure installation, without needing to re-install from scratch.

1. npm install --save-dev @vendure/create. This installs the "create" package, which contains the test data we will need.
2. drop all tables from your database, but leave the actual database there.
3. create a populate.ts script that looks like this:

import { populate } from '@vendure/core/cli';
import { bootstrap, VendureConfig } from '@vendure/core';
import { config } from './vendure-config';

populate(
    () => bootstrap({
        ...config,
        importExportOptions: {
            importAssetsDir: path.join(
                require.resolve('@vendure/create/assets/products.csv'),
                '../images'
            ),
        },
        dbConnectionOptions: {...config.dbConnectionOptions, synchronize: true}
    }),
    require('@vendure/create/assets/initial-data.json'),
    require.resolve('@vendure/create/assets/products.csv')
).then(app => app.close())

Running that script will re-create your database tables and then populate with fresh test data.

[zikzak-wtf]

still works. just need to add
import * as path from "path";
to the top the file.