accessyouth-api

The backend to support youth outreach and empowerment by facilitating easier communication between Access Youth (NPO) and troubled youth

Before you run locally set the env variables using the following steps:

1. Copy over the placeholders .env_sample to a new file named .env in the same directory
2. Change the placeholders in .env to the actual keys posted in the slack channel

This will ensure your database connection is setup properly.

To run locally, navigate to directory with package.json:

1. npm install

2. npm run start

For development:

npm run dev will watch for code changes and refresh automatically

Deployment:

To access the api from the interwebs: https://access-youth-api.herokuapp.com