jsdelivrbot / mean-bears-api

Development Notes

For all things heroku, go Getting Started with Node on Heroku

Run heroku login from cmd (cant from bash)

Run heroku open to get to landing page

Run heroku local -e .env.local to run a local server on port 5000

Use touch .env.local to create the file (if needed)

Run heroku open angular to see that specific route

Read through app.js to see all the node.js server routes

To push changes to the heroku server run git push heroku master

To push changes from a non-master branch, run git push heroku otherbranch:master

Make sure that the project is linked to the heroku remote repository with this command:

heroku git:remote -a <app-name>

Open add-ons with heroku addons:open papertrail (or mongod)

To edit configuration variables open .env.local (or use cmd line)

Test the api locally or remotely using postman

Alternatively, test api using browser https://<app-name>.herokuapp.com/api/bears

Running Locally

Make sure you have Node.js and the Heroku CLI installed.

$ git clone [email protected]:heroku/node-js-getting-started.git # or clone your own fork
$ cd node-js-getting-started
$ npm install
$ npm start

Your app should now be running on localhost:5000.

Deploying to Heroku

$ heroku create
$ git push heroku master
$ heroku open

or

Documentation

For more information about using Node.js on Heroku, see these Dev Center articles:

• Getting Started with Node.js on Heroku
• Heroku Node.js Support
• Node.js on Heroku
• Best Practices for Node.js Development
• Using WebSockets on Heroku with Node.js