middleware

0. Overview

Middleware layer implementing API connection to databases and authentication

Ensure you have the following installed on your local machine.

Clone repository

  - git clone https://github.com/BanTheBad/middleware.git
  - cd middleware
  - npm install

Google Oauth config
- Visit the Google API Console (create an account if necessary)
- From the project drop-down, select an existing project, or create a new one by selecting Create a new project
- You may need to fill out the OAuth consent screen
  - Unless you're a G Suite user, you have to select External for the User Type
  - You don't need to fill out the App Domains section
  - Select the userinfo.email and userinfo.profile scopes to match the scopes used by the server
  - When done, go back to the Credentials page and repeat the process, this time you'll be able to create the Oauth client
- In the sidebar under "APIs & Services", select Credentials
- In the Credentials tab, select the Create credentials drop-down list, and choose OAuth client ID.
- Under Application type, select Web application.
- In Authorized redirect URI use http://localhost:<PORT>/auth/google/callback
- Press the Create button and copy the generated client ID and client secret
- In your .env file, paste the values in the GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID and GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET variables
Create/configure a .env file with your credentials. A sample .env.example file has been provided to get you started. Make a duplicate of .env.example and rename to .env, then configure your credentials.
Two npm scripts are available to spin up the server:
- npm run dev spins up the server and watch for file changes
- npm run dev:debug spins up the server and attaches a debugger to it