Link shortener created using Mongo + Express + React + Node.js

Required environment variables:

APP_SERVER_PORT=<application server port>
JWT_SECRET=<JWT secret>
MONGO_DB_URL=<Mongo DB URL>
BASE_URL=<URL used for short links>

Install server dependensies

• npm install

Install client dependensies and build

• npm run client:install
• npm run client:build

Start server

• npm run start

Start as a daemon using pm2:

• pm2 start npm -- start

Start backend + frontend dev server concurrently:

• Add proxy to client config client/package.json: "proxy": "http://localhost:<your port>"
• npm run dev

Build and run using Docker

• docker build -t node-demo .
• docker run --env-file .env --name node-demo -p 5000:5000 node-demo