Put a Node.js Express API Online: Port, Environment Variables and Logs

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Full tutorial with screenshots: https://blog.light-cloud.com/tutorials/deploy-an-express-api

Deploy an Express 5 API on Light Cloud without a Dockerfile: listen on PORT, read settings from environment variables, write JSON logs with a severity, and find every request in the Logs tab.

Level: Beginner · Time: about 15 minutes · Plan: Free · Stack: Node.js, Express 5, JSON logs

Steps

• Step 1: Create the project
• Step 2: Write the API
• Step 3: Run it on your machine
• Step 4: Push it to GitHub
• Step 5: Deploy it with an environment variable
• Step 6: Call the live API
• Step 7: Change a setting without touching the code
• Step 8: Read the logs

Source code: https://github.com/light-cloud-com/tutorial-express-api

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