Help! App

Help! is an app that displays emergency information for users that are registered in our database.

This app has been deployed to Heroku. 👉 Help!

Setting up

To run locally:

Help! uses Node.js as well as Express, and stores its users' information in a MongoDB database.

First, check that you have node and npm installed.

    $ node -v

    $ npm -v

Then, clone the repo and cd into the new directory's location on your machine.

   $ git clone 
   $ cd root/Help-App

Finally, install dependencies, and start the server.

   $ npm install
   $ npm start

⚠️ In order for this app to run properly, it needs to access a mongoDB database using mlab. It is set up to use environment variables for this, as well as a secret for authorization purposes. So, you will need to add a .env file containing the following:

    DB_HOST=<ds00000.mlab.com:00000/yourdatabasename>
    DB_NAME=<yourdatabasename>
    DB_USERNAME=<yourmlabusername>
    DB_PASSWORD=<yourmlabpassword>
    SECRET=<yourmom>

If you're unfamiliar with mlab, just visit their docs and you should have all of the above in no time! https://docs.mlab.com/

Navigate to localhost:3000, and the app should be running in the browser. 🎉

If you need any help 😉 or if there are any issues please don't hesitate to contact me on here, or submit an issue.

Thanks!