Penn-Pal App Backend

We use the Strapi headless CMS for most of the backend development, together with a Postgres Database hosted publicly. For development it is best to have a local database for testing purposes. Instructions on how to start with Strapi are below.

Notes for Development

This code has been configured so that it can be run locally with a local Postgres database. To develop with a local database, configure with the proper environment variable ENV_PATH as follows:

ENV_PATH=/Users/<username>/penn-pal-backend/.env.dev yarn develop

Please substitute with the one used on your Mac. It is assumed that you already have a ".env.dev" file set up for storing the desired environment variable values like the below:

HOST=0.0.0.0
PORT=1337

DATABASE_HOST=127.0.0.1
DATABASE_PORT=5432
DATABASE_NAME=tobemodified
DATABASE_USERNAME=tobemodified
DATABASE_PASSWORD=tobemodified
DATABASE_SSL=false

APP_KEYS="toBeModified1,toBeModified2"
API_TOKEN_SALT=tobemodified
ADMIN_JWT_SECRET=tobemodified
JWT_SECRET=tobemodified

🚀 Getting started with Strapi

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develop

Start your Strapi application with autoReload enabled. Learn more

npm run develop
# or
yarn develop

start

Start your Strapi application with autoReload disabled. Learn more

npm run start
# or
yarn start

build

Build your admin panel. Learn more

npm run build
# or
yarn build

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