Seed Question DB when application starts

backend-services/feed-service/app/ApplicationStart.scala

 import scala.concurrent.Future
 import javax.inject._
 import play.api.inject.ApplicationLifecycle
+import repositories.QuestionRepository
 
 // Creates an `ApplicationStart` object once at start-up and registers hook for shut-down.
 @Singleton
 class ApplicationStart @Inject() (lifecycle: ApplicationLifecycle) {
   println("Starting...")
+  QuestionRepository.seedDatabase()
 
   // Shut-down hook
   lifecycle.addStopHook { () =>

backend-services/feed-service/app/repositories/QuestionRepository.scala

@@ -29,3 +29,22 @@ class QuestionRepository extends Repository[Question] (
         })
     }
 }
+
+object QuestionRepository {
+    def seedDatabase(): Unit = {
+        println("Seeding Question Database...")
+
+        try {
+            Question.createQuestionAsync("Who is there?")
+            Question.createQuestionAsync("How is that there?")
+            Question.createQuestionAsync("Where is there?")
+
+            println("Successfully seeded Question Database!")
+        } catch {
+            case ex: Throwable => {
+                println("Error seeding Question Database...")
+                println(ex)
+            }
+        }  
+    } 
+}