Almost Somewhere

AlmostSomewhere helps you explore exciting events and places around you!

Environment Variables

Google Cloud Platform

Steps to enable necessary APIs and retrieve the API key:

1. Go to Cloud Console and create a new project.
2. From the sidebar, navigate to APIs & Services -> Library.
3. Enable the Google Places API
4. From the sidebar, navigate to APIs & Services -> Credentials.
5. Find the option to Create Credentials from the top nav bar.
6. Once the API key is generated, copy the key.

Sample .env file:

GCP_API_KEY=your_google_cloud_api_key
MONGO_CONNECTION_STRING=mongodb_connection_string
JWT_SECRET=superSecret_string_to_sign_jwts

Running Locally

Make sure you have all the environment variables set up.

• Install the necessary dependancies by running npm install in the directory containing package.json.
• To start the development server, run npm start.