MERN Todo App

Requirements

• MongoDB (quick install: install Homebrew and run brew update && brew tap mongodb/brew && brew install mongodb-community@4.2)
  • brew update
  • brew tap mongodb/brew
  • brew install mongodb-community@4.2

Setup

NOTE: A SendGrid API key is required for email notifications.

$ git clone git@github.com:wyncode/todo-mern-api.git
$ cd todo-mern-api
$ yarn
$ mkdir config
$ cp .env.sample config/dev.env
$ cp .env.sample config/test.env

Fill in your environment variables in your .env files.

To reset and seed your database:

$ yarn db:reset

To run your API in a local environment:

$ yarn dev

To run the endpoint testing suites (using jest and supertest)

$ yarn test

To format your code

$ yarn prettier

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Add collection to your Postman account for more in-depth API documentation:

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Deployment

$ heroku create

# replace value strings with your own values
$ heroku config:set JWT_SECRET=neverstoplearning
$ heroku config:set MONGODB_URL=yourconnectionstring
$ heroku config:set SENDGRID_API_KEY=yourapikey
$ git push heroku master