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🍑 Express.js with MongoDB backend

Developement

Install and run the backend using npm install, then npm run app, or simply run npm run backend from the project root folder.

Environment variables

Add environment variables to an .env file in the backend folder.

# .env

## MongoDB connection string
DB_URI = "mongodb://<username>:<password>@<host>:<port>/<database>"

## Optional variables to use in development
API_URI = "https://dev.api.ntnui.no"
MAIN_BOARD_ID = 9
ELECTION_COMMITTEE_ID = 10

☁ Set up MongoDB Atlas

Set up a cluster and database on MongoDB Atlas and add the credentials to the .env file.

  1. Log in to MongoDB
  2. Find the database you created on MongoDB Atlas
  3. Go to "Network access" in the tab to the left
  4. Click "Add IP address"
  5. Open for all IPs or click "Add current IP address"
  6. Click "Connect"
  7. Click "Connect using MongoDB Compass"
  8. Ignore step 1, copy the connection string
  9. Create an .env file in the backend folder and paste the connection string in the DB_URI variable
  10. Change <password> to the database password you set in Part 4 of the MongoDB Atlas guide