package models import ( "gorm.io/driver/mysql" "gorm.io/gorm" ) var DB *gorm.DB func ConnectDatabase() { // Obviously change this to your settings and get securely. dsn := "mysql:password@tcp(127.0.0.1:3306)/db?charset=utf8mb4&parseTime=True&loc=Local" db, err := gorm.Open(mysql.Open(dsn), &gorm.Config{}) if err != nil { panic("Failed to connect to database") } _ = db.AutoMigrate(&Album{}) DB = db }