Official NodeJS codebase that adheres to the RealWorld API spec.

This repo is functionality complete.

Deploy to Heroku

Getting started

Clone the repository

run git clone https://github.com/gothinkster/node-express-prisma-v1-official-app.git

Install the dependancies

NodeJS is required

cd node-express-prisma-v1-official-app
npm install

Download pgAdmin for PostgreSQL

PostgreSQL downloads page

Create a server

run pgAdmin
create a server (Object/Create/Server)
required fields:

• name
• HOST name/address

Connect the created server

create a .env file at the root of the project
populate it with the url of your database

DATABASE_URL="postgresql://<username>:<password>@<host_name>:<port>/<database_name>?schema=public"

Run the project locally

run npm run dev

Advanced usage

Prisma

Format the Prisma schema

npm run prisma:format

Migrate the SQL schema

prisma migrate dev --name added_job_title

Update the Prisma Client

npm run prisma:generate

with watch option

npm run prisma:generate:watch

Seed the database

npm run prisma:seed

Launch Prisma Studio

npm run prisma:studio

Reset the database

• Drop the database
• Create a new database
• Apply migrations
• Seed the database with data

npm run prisma:reset