About

Express server with REST API for MongoDB CRUD functions.

Backend for the habitmaker webapp.

The app can be found here: https://habitmaker.onrender.com

Table of Contents

• Local Setup
• Technologies Used
• Credits

Local Usage

For the entire application to work, you must run this server simultaneously with the habitMaker-client in a separate terminal. You can find the client code here

Changes before local usage: Inside config/corsOptions.js change the allowedOrigins endpoint to the one you are running the client on. For example:

Run npm install to install the project dependencies.

Run npm run dev to run the server locally.

Enviroment Variables: You will also need to add enviroment variables in a .env file

• MONGO_URL: A URL to a MongoDB Atlas database you own
• ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET: A SSH key, can be generated with the ssh-keygen command in the terminal.
• REFRESH_TOKEN_SECRET:A SSH key, can be generated with the ssh-keygen command in the terminal.
• VERIFICATION_EMAIL: This must be an outlook email address. To use other email providers, adjust the nodemailer config.
• VERIFICATION_EMAIL_PASSWORD:Verification email address password.

Technologies

• Node.js
• Express
• MongoDb
• Mongoose
• JSON Web Tokens
• CORS
• Nodemailer

Credit

Coding Resources:

• Dave Grey's MERN stack tutorial on YouTube and GitHub
• Sending Emails with NodeMailer Tutorial on BetterProgramming

License

You can find the License for this project here

This project is licensed under the terms of the MIT license.