eraytufan / seba-backend

The node.js application containing the controllers, service and calls to the database

Care for Flora and Fauna seba-backend application

seba-frontend application can be found here

Prerequisites

Both for the back end and front end application check

• nodejs official website - nodejs includes npm (node package manager)

Just for the backend application:

• mongodb official installation guide

Setup (before first run)

Go to your project root folder via command line

cd path/to/workspace/seba-backend

Install node dependencies

npm install

Set up your database

• Create a new directory where your database will be stored (it's a good idea to separate data and business logic - the data directory should be on a different place than your app)
• Start the database server

mongod --dbpath relative/path/to/database

• Create all database schemes and import data to begin with

mongorestore dump/

Set the environment variables

This variables are based in your local configuration

export PORT=5000
export MONGODB_URI="mongodb://localhost:27010/communitydb"
export JWT_SECRET="very secret secret"

Start the project

Development environment

npm run devstart

Production environment

npm start