joealden / talq-api

The API for Talq built with Prisma and graphql-yoga.

Talq API

The API for Talq built with Prisma and graphql-yoga.

Main Talq Repository

Visit https://github.com/joealden/talq-client-web to see the front-end code that uses this API.

Usage

IMPORTANT

Before running either the development or the production server, it is important that a .env file has been created in the root of the project with the following environment variables:

• APP_PORT (Number) - The port to run the development server on.
• FRONTEND_URL (String) - The address of the front-end of the site.
• PRISMA_ENDPOINT (String) - The Prisma service endpoint (see below section).
• PRISMA_SECRET (String) - The secret that will be used to setup the Prisma service.
• APP_SECRET (String) - The secret that will be used to secure the API.

An example .env file can be found at .env.example.

Setting up a Prisma Service for the API

Before proceeding, please ensure that you have made a .env file with at least the PRISMA_SECRET and APP_SECRET filled in. This is because the below command needs to use these two variables to secure the Prisma service.

Run this command and follow the instructions given:

yarn prisma deploy

The command above will setup a Prisma service for the API. Think of a Prisma service as the interface between the API server and the database. The above command should give a Prisma service endpoint that you will need to insert into the .env file.

Development

To start the development server, run the following commands:

yarn
yarn dev

Production

To build the production files and start the production server, run the following commands:

yarn
yarn build
yarn start