Vapor API

This is a simple Vapor-based API that serves a single endpoint to return a greeting message with environment variables. This is the base code used in following posts Customizing Vapor Server Configurations

Features

• Implements a single endpoint /hello
• Reads values from environment variables
• Returns a greeting message including a secret value

Requirements

• Swift (latest stable version)
• Vapor 4
• Docker (optional, for containerized deployment)

Installation & Setup

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/your-username/your-repo.git
   cd your-repo

2. Install dependencies:

   swift package resolve

3. Set up environment variables:

   export CUSTOM_VARIABLE="YourName"
   export SECRET="YourSecretValue"

4. Run the application:

   swift run

API Endpoints

GET /hello

Description: Returns a greeting message including the secret value.

Response:

"Hello, YourName! secret is YourSecretValue"

Deployment

To deploy using Docker:

1. Build the Docker image:

   docker build -t vapor-app .

2. Run the container:

   docker run -p 8080: