Node.JS environment variables are values unique to the environment in which the program runs. They are helpful for storing sensitive information such as database credentials, API keys, and other application configuration parameters that should not be hard-coded. This post will go through using environment variables in a Node.js application. Accessing Environment Variables Environment variables are …
Consider a circumstance where you’re building a terminal project using Node.js. One way to parse arguments would be to use the process.argv array, which is shown below: This will be the output: While this might work, there is a minor flaw with the code. Referring to your arguments by array index is not very clean. …
This module allows you to use GitHub OAuth2.0 authentication in your Node.js apps. GitHub authentication may be simply and unobtrusively implemented into any application or framework that supports Connect-style middleware, such as Express, by linking into Passport. What is Git Hub GitHub is a web-based version control repository with around 20 million users worldwide. It …
Hey folks! In this tutorial, we will be seeing how we can deploy Node JS and Express Rest API on Heroku. One of Heroku’s main advantages is that you can simply add resources to your project in the form of add-ons. Databases, logging and monitoring tools, CI and CD tools, and testing tools are examples …
This tutorial is all about connecting a React JS application with Node JS but before jumping right into it let’s just get familiar with ReactJS and NodeJS. React JS: React JS is an open-source JavaScript library for creating single-page applications with a focus on user interfaces. It has a strong developer community and is extensively …
Mongoose.js is a Node.js library that connects your MongoDB clusters or collections to your Node.js application. You can use it to construct schemas for your documents. When it comes to generating and working with schemas, Mongoose has a lot to offer. We’ll look at how to connect a MongoDB instance to a Node.js application in …
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There are a lot of authentication methods for web applications and one of them is passport js. It allows you to use Google to authenticate your Node.js applications. Google authentication may be simply and unobtrusively implemented into any application. Passportjs is a popular choice for frameworks supporting Connect-style middleware. Hence, it is widely used with …
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Embedded JavaScript is abbreviated as EJS. It’s a simple templating language/engine that allows users to produce HTML using only JavaScript. When you need to output HTML with a lot of JavaScript, EJS comes in handy. You’ll learn how to use ejs templates with node js, how to incorporate repeating areas of your site, and how …
In this tutorial, we’ll learn how to build authentication API with jwt token in node js to secure endpoints and even authenticate users. Writing code and developing applications is quite simple, but security is always a concern when it comes to efficient apps. So, without wasting much time, let’s start together. What is Authentication and …
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This is the part authentication api with jwt token in node js. If you don’t know that is JSON web token, and how it works, please go back and check out the first part of it. So, Let’s get started. Before that, let’s have a quick review of what we did in the previous part, …
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