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December 25, 2020 03:11 pm GMT

Deploying Fake Back-End Server & DataBase Using JSON-SERVER, GitHub, and Heroku.

In this article, we will create and host a fake server that we can deal with it as a normal Back-End Server and use all the CRUD Operations using HTTP requests.

1.Creating the Fake Server.

You can download the final result HERE, Or follow along with me.

  • Create a folder and name it fake-server.
  • Open the terminal and init npm, and make the entry point server.js
npm init
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npm i json-server
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  • Add a start script.

package.json

{  "name": "fake-server",  "version": "1.0.0",  "description": "fake server with fake database",  "main": "server.js",  "scripts": { // <===    "start": "node server.js" // <===  },  "author": "Youssef Zidan",  "license": "ISC",  "dependencies": {    "json-server": "^0.16.3"  }}
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  • create .gitignore file and add node_modules..gitignore
node_modules
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  • Create server.js file and paste the following
const jsonServer = require('json-server');const server = jsonServer.create();const router = jsonServer.router('db.json'); // <== Will be created laterconst middlewares = jsonServer.defaults();const port = process.env.PORT || 3200; // <== You can change the portserver.use(middlewares);server.use(router);server.listen(port);
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  • init git and publish your repo to GitHub
git initgit remote add origin https://github.com/<YourName>/<Repo-Name>.gitgit add .git push --set-upstream origin master
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Download the final Repo from HERE

2. Creating the DataBase

  • Create db.json file
  • Fill in any data you like, I use Mockaroo which is a great and easy way to generate dummy data.

db.json

{  "users": [    {      "id": 1,      "first_name": "Justina",      "last_name": "Ginglell",      "email": "[email protected]",      "gender": "Female"    },    {      "id": 2,      "first_name": "Marion",      "last_name": "Jenman",      "email": "[email protected]",      "gender": "Male"    },    {      "id": 3,      "first_name": "Alfy",      "last_name": "Begin",      "email": "[email protected]",      "gender": "Female"    },    {      "id": 4,      "first_name": "Karney",      "last_name": "Zanussii",      "email": "[email protected]",      "gender": "Male"    },    {      "id": 5,      "first_name": "Reid",      "last_name": "Schapero",      "email": "[email protected]",      "gender": "Male"    },    {      "id": 6,      "first_name": "Dorine",      "last_name": "Braybrookes",      "email": "[email protected]",      "gender": "Female"    },    {      "id": 7,      "first_name": "Sarena",      "last_name": "Frape",      "email": "[email protected]",      "gender": "Female"    },    {      "id": 8,      "first_name": "Malva",      "last_name": "Pierse",      "email": "[email protected]",      "gender": "Female"    },    {      "id": 9,      "first_name": "Rania",      "last_name": "Dablin",      "email": "[email protected]",      "gender": "Female"    },    {      "id": 10,      "first_name": "Ingrim",      "last_name": "Offen",      "email": "[email protected]",      "gender": "Male"    }  ]}
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  • Push your work
git add .git commit -m "creating the database"git push
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3. Creating the server

  • Create account on Heroku
  • Install the Heroku CLI on your computer
  • Open the terminal and log in then follow the instructions
heroku login
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  • Create a project
heroku create fake-server-app
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  • Push your app to Heroku
git push heroku master
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  • Open your created app
heroku open
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You will see something like this:

Heroku App

Now, You can access and modify resources via any HTTP method
GET POST PUT PATCH DELETE OPTIONS

4. Creating a Pipeline.

A pipeline is simply a connection between your GitHub repo and your Heroku Project.
So, Whenever you update your db.json for example and push your changes to a specific branch Heroku will be listening to this branch and build your app with the updated database.

  • Open your dashboard on Heroku and choose your app.
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  • Navigate to Deploy tap and create a pipeline, Connect your GitHub with the fake-server repo

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  • Configure auto-deploy and choose the branch of the Pipeline

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Now whenever you push the changes to the selected branch, the database will be updated and can be accessed via the same base API.


Original Link: https://dev.to/youssefzidan/deploying-fake-back-end-server-database-using-json-server-github-and-heroku-1lm4

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