Chat Platform API

This is the backend for the Chat Platform React project.

Installation & Setup

Pre-requisites

• Node.js v16
  • 8/31/2022 - I've tested this on my Ubuntu server with Node.js v18 and there was an issue with the database connection. I was able to fix this by downgrading to Node.js v16. If you have any issues with the database connection, please try Node.js v16.
• MySQL Server (or any SQL database that is supported by TypeORM).

Setting up the Backend

1. Clone the repository.

2. Run yarn install to install dependencies.

3. Create a .env.development file in the root directory and paste the following:

   PORT=
   
   MYSQL_DB_HOST=
   MYSQL_DB_USERNAME=
   MYSQL_DB_PASSWORD=
   MYSQL_DB_PORT=
   MYSQL_DB_NAME=
   
   COOKIE_SECRET=
   

   • PORT The port your server will run on
   • MYSQL_DB_HOST The hostname for your MySQL database server
   • MYSQL_DB_USERNAME The username for your MySQL database
   • MYSQL_DB_PASSWORD The password for your MySQL user account
   • MYSQL_DB_PORT The port your MySQL server is running on (default 3306)
   • MYSQL_DB_NAME The name of your database (be sure to create it first otherwise an error will be thrown).
   • COOKIE_SECRET Can be any string that can be used to encrypt & decrypt your cookie.

4. Run yarn start:dev or npm run start:dev depending on which package manager you use to start the project in development mode.

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