This is a Node.js Express TypeScript backend application that will manage users and their tasks.
API: https://node-task-app-yymw.onrender.com
For testing the APIs, you can use the API url above, with the Postman calls.
To get this application up and running:
Clone this onto your system and install its dependencies:
yarn install
Add a config directory to the root of the project.
Add a dev.env file to the config directory.
Ensure that the following environment variables are added:
PORT="[YOUR DESIRED PORT NUMBER]"
MONGODB_URL="[YOUR MONGODB CONNECTION URL]"
JWT_SECRET="[YOUR JWT SECRET]"
SENDGRID_API_KEY="[YOUR SENDGRID API KEY]"
FROM_EMAIL="[THE ADDRESS AUTOMATED EMAILS WILL BE SENT FROM]"
The PORT must be a 4-digit number. The convention is 3000.
The MONGODB_URL will need to be the connection URL to your MongoDB database. Once you have a MongoDB service running locally, the convention is to use:
mongodb://127.0.0.1:27017/{your project name}
The JWT_SECRET can be whatever string you want it to be. One convention that I like is "[YOUR_PROJECT][MONTH][YEAR]".
The FROM_EMAIL should ideally be tied to your SendGrid.com account.
Build the dist directory by running:
yarn build
Get the dev environment running:
yarn dev
You should now see that the service is running locally in your terminal.
This template comes from the Express Hello world example on Render.
The app in this repo is deployed at https://express.onrender.com.
See https://render.com/docs/deploy-node-express-app or follow the steps below:
Create a new web service with the following values:
- Build Command:
yarn install && npx tsc - Start Command:
node dist/index.js
That's it! Your web service will be live on your Render URL as soon as the build finishes.