api: i hope all should work

apps/api/dev_server.go

@@ -272,21 +272,24 @@ func main() {
 	//}
 
 	log.Println("connecting...")
-	var db *gorm.DB
-	var err error
-	// switch dbType {
-	// case "sqlite":
-	db, err = gorm.Open(sqlite.Open(DATA_DIR+"./YaBL.db"), &gorm.Config{
+	dbPath := DATA_DIR + "/YaBL.db"
+
+	if _, err := os.Stat(dbPath); err != nil {
+		file, err := os.Create(dbPath)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Panicln("Cannot create db file")
+		}
+		file.Close()
+		log.Println("Created empty db file")
+	}
+
+	db, err := gorm.Open(sqlite.Open(DATA_DIR+"/YaBL.db"), &gorm.Config{
 		Logger: logger.Default.LogMode(logger.Error),
 	})
-	// case "posgresql":
-	// 	db, err = gorm.Open(postgres.Open(dbLink), &gorm.Config{
-	// 		Logger: logger.Default.LogMode(logger.Error),
-	// 	})
-	// }
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}
+
 	log.Println("connected!")
 	db.AutoMigrate(
 		&schemas.Book{},