colman-advanced-web-apps-ex1

.env

As a requirement for running the application, create an .env file in the root working directory and define the environment variables there.

See .env.template for all the environment variables required.

PORT

The port number to serve the node server on when executing the npm run dev or npm start commands.

For example 3000.

DB_CONNECTION

The connection string to the mongodb database.

ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET

To generate a secret key for access and refresh token, execite this command in your terminal:

openssl rand -out openssl-secret.txt -hex 64

The secret will be stored in the openssl-secret.txt file.

Navigate to the .env file and set the ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET variable to that token value.

TOKEN_EXPIRATION

Determines the expiration time for the authentication token.

It is composed of <NUMBER><TIME_UNIT>.

for example:

• 30s - is 30 seconds
• 30m - is 30 minutes
• 30h - is 30 hours

You can set the NUMBER and the TIME_UNIT to your liking.

REFRESH_TOKEN_EXPIRATION

Determines the expiration time for the authentication refresh token.

You should define it in the same way as TOKEN_EXPIRATION.

Usage

Install the required node packages:

npm i

Start the appliation:

npm start

Development

Run the application with nodemon:

npm run dev

Run tests:

npm run test

See our master test coverage at https://taljacob2.github.io/colman-advanced-web-apps