From 258c90a52c982e6b15d1df7c998eac87e24807f0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel Volz <mail@danielvolz.org>
Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2025 21:10:33 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] feat: implement auto-run migrations for medications table to
 handle image_url column

---
 backend/src/db/client.ts | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+)

diff --git a/backend/src/db/client.ts b/backend/src/db/client.ts
index c5a6190..a97e0f7 100644
--- a/backend/src/db/client.ts
+++ b/backend/src/db/client.ts
@@ -8,3 +8,25 @@ const url = process.env.DATABASE_URL || "file:./data/medassist.db";
 const client = createClient({ url });
 
 export const db = drizzle(client);
+
+// Auto-run migrations on import (self-healing database)
+async function runMigrations() {
+  const migrations = [
+    { name: "image_url", sql: "ALTER TABLE medications ADD COLUMN image_url TEXT" },
+  ];
+
+  for (const migration of migrations) {
+    try {
+      await client.execute(migration.sql);
+      console.log(`[DB] Migration applied: ${migration.name}`);
+    } catch (e: any) {
+      // Ignore "duplicate column" errors - column already exists
+      if (!e.message?.includes("duplicate column")) {
+        console.error(`[DB] Migration error (${migration.name}):`, e.message);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+// Run migrations immediately
+runMigrations().catch(console.error);