MuhdHanish / Give-Gobble-Server

Give and Gobble is a powerful food donation app that aims to bridge the gap between food surplus and those in need. Made with node,express,mongodb and typescript.

Give & Gobble - Back End

Welcome to the Give & Gobble back end repository! This is the server-side of our application, built with Node.js, Express, TypeScript, and MongoDB.

Prerequisites

Before you start, make sure you have the following tools and services set up:

• Node.js (v14 or higher)
• npm (Node Package Manager)
• Git
• MongoDB (You should have an active MongoDB instance or use a cloud-based solution like MongoDB Atlas)

Getting Started

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/MuhdHanish/Give-Gobble-Server.git   
   

2. Navigate to the project directory:

3. Install dependencies:

npm install

4. Start the server:

npm start

The server will start running on the specified port (default is 8000).

Environment Variables

To run the Encode Learning App back end properly, you need to set up the following environment variables. Create a .env file in the root of your project and add the following:

SENDER_EMAIL="Sender email address"
SENDER_PASSWORD="Sender email's one time password"
JWT_ACCESS_SECRET="Access secret create own"
JWT_REFRESH_SECRET="Refresh secret create own"
MONGO_URI="Mongo db cloud uri"

Contributing

We welcome contributions from the community to help make Encode Learning App even better! If you'd like to contribute to this project, please follow our Contributing Guidelines.

Here's how you can get started:

1. Fork this repository.

2. Clone your forked repository:

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.