The Thing Repository

A simple Express and MongoDB-powered webapp that can be used to store information about the things you have bought.

Authentication is handled by Auth0, using the express-openid-connect Node module.

Setup

• Create a Auth0 account.
• Install MongoDB.
• Run npm install to install all required modules.
• Create a .env file and fill it with the below details:

PORT
MONGO_DB_URL
SESSSECRET
AUTH_BASE_URL
AUTH_CLIENT_ID
AUTH_ISSUER_BASE_ID

• SESSSECRET refers to a long, random secret value used for Auth token generation.
  • You can run node -e "console.log(crypto.randomBytes(32).toString('hex'))" to get a value for this.
• The final three values can be obtained from the Auth0 Dashboard.

Running

Run node .\app.js and navigate to localhost:8080, or whichever URL you have provided as the base URL.

Caveats / Limitations

This is a hobbyist project, and probably shouldn't be used in a real-world environment.

• This does not work on Internet Explorer. All requests coming from an IE UA string will be redirected to a page that asks the user to update their browser.
• I am not a programmer by trade - I can program, just not amazingly. As a result, the code here isn't the most efficient. If you see something that could be made better, please raise a pull request!