Setting up the Express Server

Download the correct Node for your OS here
Navigate to desired directory and clone this repo

C:\> cd C:\Projects
C:\Projects> git clone https://github.com/NilsG-S/team-null-back-end.git

Navigate to team-null-back-end/ and install Node dependencies

C:\Projects> cd team-null-back-end
C:\Projects\team-null-back-end> npm install

Navigate to src\ and open db-connection.js in a text editor, in this file you will need to change the user and password parameters to match your MySQL Server username and password.

const mysql = require('mysql');

// Establish connection
const connection = mysql.createConnection({
  host      :'localhost',
  user      :'root', // change this to your username
  password  :'password', // change this to your password
  database  :'healthcaredb',
  multipleStatements : true
});

// Export connection
module.exports = connection;

Then save the db-connection.js file

Navigate to src\ and open mailer.js in a text editor, in this file you will need to set the password field to access the gmail account for sending emails. You may also enter your own Email/Password combo - but note that some account settings are not compatible with nodemailer.

const mailer = require('nodemailer');

// create reusable transporter object using the default SMTP transport
let transporter = mailer.createTransport({
    service: 'gmail',
   auth: {
        user: 'fakehealthcareforyou@gmail.com', // your email account here
       pass: '' // your password here
   }
});

Then save the mailer.js file

Once all dependencies are done installing, you can start the server by entering:

C:\Projects\team-null-back-end> npm start

The server will not be able to interact with the MySQL Database unless the MySQL server is running and the correct healthcaredb has been set up. Please see Database README

You can navigate to localhost:3000/ in your web browser and should get the text Hello World! on your screen. If you did not get this text, please see the Command Window for any errors that may need fixing.

NOTE: currently the only way to test enpoints in the healthcareserver is by using an application to send HTTP Requests to localhost:3000/[enpoint here]. We use Postman to send HTTP Get, Post, Put, Delete methods to the running server. All POST content must be in x-www-form-urlencoded format.

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Setting up the Express Server

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