How to import a Heroku PG dump into local machine

Question

I\'m trying to import my production Heroku database into my development machine.

My local db is PostgreSQL.

First, I\'m exporting the dump from Heroku to my

Answer 1

Follow these 4 simple steps in your terminal
(Heroku Dev Center):

1. Create a backup copy of your database:

   $ heroku pg:backups capture DATABASE_NAME
   

2. Download the copy from Heroku (to your local machine) using curl:

   $ curl -o latest.dump `heroku pg:backups public-url`
   

3. Load it*:

   $ pg_restore --verbose --clean --no-acl --no-owner -h localhost -U YOUR_USERNAME -d DATABASE_NAME latest.dump
   

   • get YOUR_USERNAME and choose the desired database from your config/database.yml file.
   • DATABASE_NAME can be your development/test/production db (Ex. mydb_development)

That's it!