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# Async Postgres for Agent

Agno supports using [PostgreSQL](https://www.postgresql.org/) asynchronously, with the `AsyncPostgresDb` class.

## Usage

### Run PgVector

Install [docker desktop](https://docs.docker.com/desktop/install/mac-install/) and run **PgVector** on port **5532** using:

```bash theme={null}
docker run -d \
  -e POSTGRES_DB=ai \
  -e POSTGRES_USER=ai \
  -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=ai \
  -e PGDATA=/var/lib/postgresql/data/pgdata \
  -v pgvolume:/var/lib/postgresql/data \
  -p 5532:5432 \
  --name pgvector \
  agnohq/pgvector:16
```

```python async_postgres_for_agent.py theme={null}
import asyncio

from agno.agent import Agent
from agno.db.postgres import AsyncPostgresDb
from agno.tools.hackernews import HackerNewsTools

db_url = "postgresql+psycopg_async://ai:ai@localhost:5532/ai"
db = AsyncPostgresDb(db_url=db_url)

agent = Agent(
    db=db,
    tools=[HackerNewsTools()],
    add_history_to_context=True,
    add_datetime_to_context=True,
)

asyncio.run(agent.aprint_response("How many people live in Canada?"))
asyncio.run(agent.aprint_response("What is their national anthem called?"))

```

## Params

<Snippet file="db-async-postgres-params.mdx" />