benjamingr/typescript-node-starter

Node.js API

5 environment variables found in .env.example

Set these on your host before deploying. Each platform has an “Environment Variables” section in the deploy flow.

MONGODB_URI secret Get this from https://mlab.com/home after you've logged in and created a database
MONGODB_URI_LOCAL secret This is standard running mongodb locally
SESSION_SECRET secret Put lots of randomness in these
FACEBOOK_ID Facebook keys register your app and get yours here: https://developers.facebook.com/
FACEBOOK_SECRET secret

Alternative Fly.io Anything Dockerized — requires the Fly CLI.

macOS

brew install flyctl && fly launch --from https://github.com/benjamingr/typescript-node-starter

Linux

curl -L https://fly.io/install.sh | sh && fly launch --from https://github.com/benjamingr/typescript-node-starter

Windows (PowerShell)

iwr https://fly.io/install.ps1 -useb | iex; fly launch --from https://github.com/benjamingr/typescript-node-starter

Or deploy to a different host