Introduction

This project is the backend of Vidly, an imaginary video rental app. I've used Vidly as an example in several of my online programming courses, such as:

• https://codewithmosh.com/p/mastering-react
• https://codewithmosh.com/p/the-complete-node-js-course
• https://codewithmosh.com/p/asp-net-mvc

This is the implementation of Vidly in Node.js.

Setup

Make sure to follow all these steps exactly as explained below. Do not miss any steps or you won't be able to run this application.

Install MongoDB

To run this project, you need to install the latest version of MongoDB Community Edition first.

https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/installation/

Once you install MongoDB, make sure it's running.

Install the Dependencies

Next, from the project folder, install the dependencies:

npm i

Populate the Database

node seed.js

Run the Tests

You're almost done! Run the tests to make sure everything is working:

npm test

All tests should pass.

Start the Server

node index.js

This will launch the Node server on port 3900. If that port is busy, you can set a different point in config/default.json.

Open up your browser and head over to:

http://localhost:3900/api/genres

You should see the list of genres. That confirms that you have set up everything successfully.

(Optional) Environment Variables

If you look at config/default.json, you'll see a property called jwtPrivateKey. This key is used to encrypt JSON web tokens. So, for security reasons, it should not be checked into the source control. I've set a default value here to make it easier for you to get up and running with this project. For a production scenario, you should store this key as an environment variable.

On Mac:

export vidly_jwtPrivateKey=yourSecureKey

On Windows:

set vidly_jwtPrivateKey=yourSecureKey

npm i -g serve serve -s build npm run build heroku -v heroku login export HTTP_PROXY=http://proxy.server.com:1234 redirect into frist-api-node heroku create redirect into frist-api-node git push heroku master redirect into frist-api-node heroku logs redirect into frist-api-node heroku config:set vidly_db=mongodb+srv://infooffice1399:@cluster0.ahwsb21.mongodb.net/test heroku open

http://localhost:3000/movies https://vidly.com/auth/callback https://vidly.com/auth/movies 8fd6da67-1407-4ffe-8d72-60afb8df8a40

Use the following code to set up your app for local development.

heroku config:add \ HEROKU_OAUTH_ID=8fd6da67-1407-4ffe-8d72-60afb8df8a40 \ HEROKU_OAUTH_SECRET=8809ef89-cacd-4a6a-b41e-1916fbbe003d

Heroku, which is an amazing cloud service need to install Heroku CLI once you install Heroku CLI and open up the terminal run

heroku -v

you need to login

heroku login

on Mac we use export, on windows we set HTTP_PROXY and

export HTTP_PROXY=http://proxy.server.com:1234

set HTTP_PROXY=http://proxy.server.com:1234

MongoDB in the Cloud you have set up a Heroku account, now you need to setup an mLap account

Deploying to Heroku first-api-node

heroku create vidly-api-01

heroku create

git push heroku master

heroku open

viewing Logs

heroku logs

Connecting with MongoDB Driver

1. Select your driver and version

2. Install your driver

npm install mongodb@3.6

3. Add your connection string into your application code mongodb+srv://:@cluster0.ahwsb21.mongodb.net/?retryWrites=true&w=majority

we want to store this as an environment variable on Heroku

heroku config:set vidly_db=mongodb+srv://<username>:<password>@cluster0.ahwsb21.mongodb.net/?retryWrites=true&w=majority

git add .

git commit -m "write message"

git push heroku master

heroku create --buildpack https://github.com/mars/create-react-app-buildpack.git

git push heroku master

heroku open