DZEN-HTTP-SERVER

Dzen-http-server is a second component of back-end part of SPA comments app, which is responsible for maintaining HTTP connection with the client, maintaining user, file service and verifies captcha.

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Table of Contents

• Features
• Technologies
• Installation
• Contributing
• License

Features

• Server: Establishing HTTP connection with the client and events handing.
• Database: Storing users information, including IP and UserAgent in a database within several tables using relations.
• Files: Gets files from cloud storage.
• Captcha: Verifies captcha token.
• User validation - Validating user before storing them in database.

Technologies

• TypeScript
• Node.js
• Express.js
• AWS S3
• Axios
• Heroku
• ESLint
• Prettier
• Husky
• Lint-Staged

Installation

To install the project, follow these steps:

1. Clone the repository with git clone
2. Run npm install in the root directory
3. The project requires these environment variables to be set:

• DATABASE_URL - the url of the database(e.g. postgresql://user:password@localhost:5432/database)

• PORT - the port websocket server will be running on(Heroku use it).

• AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID,

• AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY,

• AWS_REGION - credentials for AWS S3 service.

4. Run npm run dev in the root directory to start the development server
5. Run npm run start in the root directory to start the production server
6. Run npm run container in the root directory to start the production server in a container

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! If you want to contribute to [dzen-api], follow these steps:

1. Fork the repository.
2. Create a new branch.
3. Make your changes.
4. Submit a pull request.

License

MIT