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benlikescode / geohub

Free, open source geoguessr alternative
https://www.geohub.gg
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Missing variables in .env under "Steps to run locally" #102

Open BID-UW opened 2 months ago

BID-UW commented 2 months ago

I am trying to run locally and have followed the instructions, but there seems to be variables missing. I get an error for missing "LOCAL_MONGO" and Sendgrid API "API key does not start with "SG."

Could someone post a working .env file ?

eirrw commented 1 month ago

In https://github.com/benlikescode/geohub/blob/main/backend/utils/dbConnect.ts#L21 the app checks if it is running in a production environment or not (as specified by the current Node environment). For local dev (i.e. yarn dev) the correct environment variable is LOCAL_MONGO, whereas MONGO_URI is correct for production (yarn start). This should probably be updated in the docs.

The sendgrid API is just a warning, and AFAIK only matters if you want to send emails (which I think is only used in the "forgot password" functionality). If you want to use it, you'll need to set SENDGRID_API_KEY to your API key from SendGrid.