The general form of a connection URI in PostgreSQL:

postgresql://[user[:password]@][netloc][:port][,...][/dbname][?param1=value1&...]

Some examples of valid PostgreSQL URI:

postgresql://
postgresql://localhost
postgresql://localhost:5433
postgresql://localhost/mydb
postgresql://user@localhost
postgresql://user:secret@localhost
postgresql://other@localhost/otherdb?connect_timeout=10&application_name=myapp
postgresql://host1:123,host2:456/somedb?target_session_attrs=any&application_name=myapp

The URI scheme designator can be either postgresql:// or postgres://.

In TablePlus, when creating a new connection, you can choose to import directly from URI instead of filling in credentials manually. That’s a much faster and hassle-free option to create a connection.

Import URI in TablePlus

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