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Twitter Clone Backend
NOTE: As of 10-06-2022 at 19:35 IST, I am archiving this repository. It was fun while it lasted.
Twitter clone backend built with Prisma and GraphQL.
If you are looking for the frontend repo, click here
Core Packages
- prisma - allows us to define our application models and generates CRUD operations from our defined models
- graphql-yoga - graphql server
- jsonwebtoken - authentication
Features
- Signup / Login
- New Tweet
- Like
- Retweet
- Comment
- View Profile
- Edit Profile
- Search by users, tags, people
- Dark theme / Light theme
Running locally
Prisma setup
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You need to have a prisma account
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Make sure to install the prisma cli tool globally in your machine
npm i -g prisma # once you created your account, you can login from the terminal prisma login
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Once you logged into your account, you need to create a new prisma project
prisma init
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Copy the 'datamodel.prisma' file in the 'prisma_setup' folder to the root directory
cp prisma_setup/datamodel.prisma . # assuming you are present in the root directory
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Then you need to simply deploy the changes you made
prisma deploy
Environmental variables setup
- Create a .env file at the root directory with the following contents
JWT_SECRET=<YOUR_SECRET>
PORT=<PORT>
Then run <code>npm i && npm run dev</code> to start the development server
Watch this video on how to setup locally
Deploying the backend to heroku
First create an heroku account and install the heroku cli globally and login
npm i -g heroku
heroku login
Once logged in, create a new heroku application and push it to the remote 'heroku'
heroku create
git push heroku master
Then you need to manually setup the environmental variables using the heroku dashboard