mcflav/back-end

To run the app in development

1. Run npm install from the root
2. run npm run server:dev from the root

Set environment variables

You can create a .env file in your root project folder and add theses configurations. Be sure to modify the values beforehand. Never commit .env file to github.

PORT=5000
NODE_ENV = development
MONGO_URI = <YOUR_MONGO_URI> (Only if you use a hosted database)

JWT_SECRET= <JWT_SECRET>
JWT_EXPIRES_IN=<JWT_EXPIRATION_DATE> (Ex : 90d )

COOKIE_EXPIRES_IN = <COOKIE_EXPIRATION_Date> (Ex : 90)

//For MailTrap. You will need to create a MailTrap account
EMAIL_HOST=smtp.mailtrap.io
EMAIL_PORT=2525
EMAIL_USERNAME=<YOUR_MAILTRAP_EMAIL_USERNAME>
EMAIL_PASSWORD=<YOUR_MAILTRAP_EMAIL_Password>

To import/delete development data to/from your database

To Import Data Run npm run import-data

To Delete Data Run npm run delete-data

Handy Resources

• Nodejs documentation
• Express documentation
• MongoDB documentation
• Mongoose documentation
• Best practices for REST api design

API Documentation

• Growers Brains documentation API