UPDATE: updating the way server retrieves 'env' variables.

.gitignore

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # Ignore all
+.env
 public/*
 node_modules
 

README.md

@@ -93,9 +93,11 @@ You can find the frontend implementation [here](https://github.com/AhmedMaherElS
 Ensure you have the following variables set in your `.env` file:
 
 ```plaintext
-DB_HOST=localhost
-DB_USER=root
-DB_PASSWORD=yourpassword
-DB_NAME=ecommerce
-JWT_SECRET=your_jwt_secret
-PORT=5000
+HOST="localhost"
+PORT=3600
+DB_NAME="electrifydb"
+DB_DIALECT= "mysql"
+DB_USERNAME="root"
+DB_PASSWORD=""
+DB_PORT=3306
+JWT_KEY="5BD24DCB1483578373DD86A7AD35F"

config/config.js

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+require("dotenv").config();
+
+module.exports = {
+  HOST: process.env.HOST,
+  PORT: process.env.PORT,
+  DB_NAME: process.env.DB_NAME,
+  DB_PORT: process.env.DB_PORT,
+  DB_DIALECT: process.env.DB_DIALECT,
+  DB_USERNAME: process.env.DB_USERNAME,
+  DB_PASSWORD: process.env.DB_PASSWORD,
+  JWT_KEY: process.env.JWT_KEY,
+};

database.js

@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
 const Sequelize = require("sequelize");
-const config = require("./config/database.config.json");
+const config = require("./config/config");
 
 // DB Connection Variables
-const env = process.env.NODE_ENV || "development";
-const { host, port, dialect, username, password, database } = config[env];
+const { HOST, DB_USERNAME, DB_PASSWORD, DB_NAME, DB_DIALECT, DB_PORT } = config;
 
-const sequelize = new Sequelize(database, username, password, {
-  host,
-  port,
-  dialect,
+const sequelize = new Sequelize(DB_NAME, DB_USERNAME, DB_PASSWORD, {
+  HOST,
+  DB_PORT,
+  dialect: DB_DIALECT,
 });
 
 // connect to mysql db

index.js

@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 const { authorized } = require("./middlewares/authorization");
 const bodyParser = require("body-parser");
-const cors = require("cors");
+const config = require("./config/config");
 const morgan = require("morgan");
+const cors = require("cors");
 const express = require("express");
 const app = express();
 
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ app.use("/api/cartItems", authorized, cartItems_routes);
 app.use("/api/categories", categories_routes);
 
 // Server listening
-const PORT = process.env.PORT || 3600;
+const PORT = config.PORT;
 app.listen(PORT, () => {
   console.log("====================================");
   console.log(`Server is listening... PORT:${PORT}`);

package.json

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
     "bcrypt": "^5.1.1",
     "body-parser": "^1.20.2",
     "cors": "^2.8.5",
+    "dotenv": "^16.4.5",
     "express": "^4.19.2",
     "joi": "^17.13.3",
     "jsonwebtoken": "^9.0.2",

routes/products.js

@@ -102,9 +102,6 @@ router.put("/:id", authorized, upload.single("image"), async (req, res) => {
         const imagePath = path.join(__dirname, "../public", oldProduct.image);
         const deleted = await File.deleteFile(imagePath);
         if (!deleted) {
-          console.log('====================================');
-          console.log("IM HERE");
-          console.log('====================================');
           return res
             .status(400)
             .json({ message: "Error encountered while removing image." });

services/JWT.js

@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 const jwt = require("jsonwebtoken");
+const config = require("../config/config");
 
 class JWT {
-  #key = "5BD24DCB1483578373DD86A7AD35F";
+  #key = config.JWT_KEY;
   #ms = "3600s";
 
   getAuthToken(user) {