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To copy heroku database from one app to another and from local to heroku
To copy database from one heroku app to another -
```
heroku pg:backups capture [database_name]
heroku pg:backups restore $(heroku pg:backups public-url --app source_app) DATABASE_URL --app target_app
```
You can refer to https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/heroku-postgres-backups for more information.
To copy database from local to heroku -
Dump your local database in compressed format using the open source pg_dump tool: `PGPASSWORD=mypassword pg_dump -Fc --no-acl --no-owner -h localhost -U myuser mydb > mydb.dump`
where `myuser` is your database username and `mydb` is the database name.
In order for PG Backups to access and import your dump file you will need to upload it somewhere with an HTTP-accessible URL. I used cloudinary, but you can use aws or anyone you prefer.
`heroku pg:backups restore 'the dump url on cloudinary or aws' DATABASE_URL`
e.g: heroku pg:backups restore 'https://s3.amazonaws.com/me/items/3H0q/mydb.dump' DATABASE_URL
To access heroku database from command line -
`heroku pg:psql --app app_name DATABASE_URL`
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