barcode_backend

Before starting install these programs

• npm
• docker desktop
• pgAdmin
• Postman

Setting things up

The Database

To install the the database follow these steps:

• Get the docker container running by executing docker-compose up -d
• When the command finished a postgres instance will be availible on localhost:5432
• After this open pgAdmin and connect with the info in the docker-compose.yml file
• Once connected create a new database simply called "public"
• Copy the contents of Schema.sql and run this script using the query tool (leftmost button in the browser section of pgAdmin), after this the database should be ready to use

Start the application

Run this command to install the dependencies: npm install

And this command to start the application: node src/index.js

After doing this the server will be availible at localhost:8000/ .

Creating an account

• Start Postman and create a new PUT-request with url localhost:8000/user/register
• Go to the body tab, select raw and JSON (dropdown next to radiobuttion) and paste the following JSON object:

{
    "name": "Ferdinand",
    "email": "ferdinand@ferdmail.com",
    "password": "STARIsMyFavouriteSubject!"
}

• After this log in with your created account using a POST-request to localhost:8000/user/login:

{
   "email": "ferdinand@ferdmail.com",
   "password": "STARIsMyFavouriteSubject!"
}

• Copy the token and create a new GET-request to localhost:8000/, select the authorization tab and pick the type "Bearer Token", paste your token and run the request. You should see the following message if everything went without error:

{
   "message": "jwt token valid!"
}