Kwitter API

fork this repo
git clone to your local computer then cd kwitter-api
setup your database:
- createdb kwitter (you must have postgresql installed to have this command)
create your .env file:
- cp .env.example .env
edit the .env file to look like:

DATABASE_URL=postgres://127.0.0.1/kwitter
JWT_SECRET=whateveryouwant
GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID=whateveryouwant
GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET=whateveryouwant

From the command line, type npm install
From the command line, type node index.js or nodemon index.js

confirm that the api is working locally by making a request to GET localhost:3000/messages

note: visiting localhost:3000 will take you to a swagger/openapi documentation page for the available api endpoints.

Basic setup for deploying to heroku
Create your heorku app from the commandline: heroku create your-api-name
Setup a postgres database addon for your heroku app: heroku addons:create heroku-postgresql
Confirm that a DATABASE_URL variable was added to your heroku app: heroku config
Setup your config variable for the JWT_SECRET for your heroku app: heroku config:set JWT_SECRET=whateveryouwant
Setup yuor config variable for GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID and GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET for yur heroku app: heroku config:set GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID=whateveryouwant && heroku config:set GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET=whateveryouwant
Push code to your heroku app: git push heroku master
Run heroku logs --tail to watch logs in real-time to confirm that the status of the app has started up successfully
Open your app with heroku open -- this should automatically take you to the openapi documentation page which lists all the server endpoints.
For more help, refer to this guide https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/getting-started-with-nodejs as well as other Heroku docs for more information on adjusting config vars and adding a postgres db on Heroku

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