Pulse Backend

API for Pulse Messenger

How to run

• install the dependencies with node lts/hydrogen

npm i

• create a .env file

DATABASE_ACCESS=Your mongo connection string
JWT_SECRET=Your JWT secret
APP_PORT=Your port

S3_BASE_URL=Your S3 base URL

EMAIL_USERNAME=Your gmail username
EMAIL_PASSWORD=Your gmail password

CLIENT_PATH=URL to your client

• run the API with

npm run build

npm start

• test the API with

npm run watch

Docker

# build with
docker build -t backend .

# run with
docker run 
  -p 3000:3000
  --env-file .env
  backend