abegam / react-graphql-demo-backend

React GraphQL Demo Back-End

Getting Started

• These instructions will get you a copy of the project up and running on your local machine for development and testing purposes.

Prerequisites

Installation

1. Clone the repo

   git clone https://github.com/AbegaM/React-GraphQL-Demo-Backend.git
   

2. Install NPM packages

    npm install
   

Environments

1. Create env files
   • Create a file called .env
2. Add your environment variables in the files

     PORT
     DB_USER_NAME
     DB_PASSWORD
     DB_PORT
     DB_HOST
     DB_NAME
   

   • Example for environment variables, (only for local env)

       PORT=6001
       DB_USER_NAME=admin
       DB_PASSWORD=12345678
       DB_PORT=5432
       DB_HOST=localhost
       DB_NAME=testDb
     

Running code

• Running code with local environment

   npm run start:local
  

• Running code with dev server environment (Run with nodemon)

   npm run start:dev
  

setup the database

* Start your postgres database 
* Create your test database 
* Create a table called tests
* Create a column called test, in the tests table

Built with

• NodeJS
• Apollo GraphQL