dvcoders-backend

Our backend server (Node.js + MongoDB)

REQUIREMENTS

• Node.js & NPM
• MongoDB

For testing:

• Mocha
• Supertest

INSTALLATION

You need to set these following environment variables for Github API key, User Agent values, and Slack token:

• GITHUB_API_KEY - Github API key.
• GITHUB_USER_AGENT - your github username.
• SLACK_TOKEN - Slack token.

Then run from your terminal:

git clone [email protected]:dvcoders/dvcoders-backend.git
cd dvcoders-backend
npm install

For development work:

Use nodemon to have the server restart automatically when changes are made.

npm install -g nodemon
nodemon app.js

For production deployment:

Use pm2 to handle log management and server crashes.

npm install -g pm2
cat <<EOF > server.json
{
  "apps": [{
    "name": "dvcoders-backend",
    "script": "app.js",
    "watch": true,
    "env": {
      "GITHUB_API_KEY": "$GITHUB_API_KEY",
      "GITHUB_USER_AGENT": "$GITHUB_USER_AGENT",
      "SLACK_TOKEN": "$SLACK_TOKEN"
      }
  }]
}
EOF
pm2 start server.json

TESTING

Set up all the required env variables, install development dependencies, and run from your terminal:

mocah test app.js