import urlparse url = urlparse.urlparse(os.environ['DATABASE_URL']) path = url.path[1:] path = path.split('?', 2)[0] DATABASES = {'default': {'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2', 'HOST': url.hostname, 'NAME': path, 'OPTIONS': {}, 'PASSWORD': url.password, 'PORT': url.port, 'TEST_CHARSET': None, 'TEST_COLLATION': None, 'TEST_MIRROR': None, 'TEST_NAME': None, 'TIME_ZONE': 'America/Mexico_City', 'USER': url.username}}