Database connection from Vercel to Supabase

Urilyakubov · 2025-10-16 17:33:06.343299

Hi, I deployed my Node.js project on Vercel, and my database is hosted on Supabase. I set the environment variables (DB_HOST, DB_USER, DB_PASSWORD, DB_NAME), but my app shows a connection error. DB_HOST=db.emtyjepwczgxglewnpzs.supabase.co DB_PORT=5432 DB_USER=postgres DB_PASSWORD=****** DB_NAME=postgres The app connects fine on my local machine, but on Vercel I get this error: javascript Copy code Error: getaddrinfo ENOTFOUND db.emtyjepwczgxglewnpzs.supabase.co Could you please explain the correct way to connect a Vercel project to a Supabase database? Should I adjust the connection string or use a specific Vercel configuration? Thank you!

The ENOTFOUND error usually means your app can’t find the database host. Basically a DNS issue! Here are a few things to try:

Make sure your connection string is in the right format. You can grab it directly from your Supabase dashboard under Settings → Database. It should look like this:

postgresql://postgres:[YOUR-PASSWORD]@db.emtyjepwczgxglewnpzs.supabase.co:5432/postgres

Or instead of setting separate variables, try using a single DATABASE_URL with the full connection string:

DATABASE_URL=postgresql://postgres:your-password@db.emtyjepwczgxglewnpzs.supabase.co:5432/postgres

It’s cleaner and usually avoids issues with missing or mismatched parts of the string.

Let us know how you get on!