README.md

auctionappAPI

Setting up the app locally

Prerequisites

• NodeJS v16.x
• MongoDB v4.x
• nodemon npm module.
• Cloudinary account for uploading images.

Next Steps

1. Clone the repository
2. Install the dependencies

npm install

2. Run the app in devlopment environment:

• Go to configs folder, cd configs
• Create a dev.env file, touch dev.env
• Add following environment variables to the file:

NODE_ENV=Development
JWT_SECRET=<jwt-secret-of-your-choice>
JWT_EXP=7d
MONGODB_URI=mongodb://localhost:27017/auctionAPI
CLOUDINARY_CLOUD_NAME=<your-cloudinary-cloud-name>
CLOUDINARY_KEY=<your-cloudinary-key>
CLOUDINARY_SECRET=<your-cloudinary-secret>

3. Finally start the app

npm run devstart

Contributing

• Read the Code of Conduct first.
• Contibuting guidelines

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