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Environment Variables

The project source code requires certain envrionment variables to be pre-set in order to work as expected. You can get a copy of what the .env file should look like from the .env.example file in the root of the project's source code.
Here, I'll be explaining what each of the environment variables are for, and which ones are actually required and which ones aren't.

App

TZ

Required: no Default Value: UTC Description: Server Timezone
This field is just to indicate the timezone that the server should follow. This is just so that the date time information should be unified and all timestamps should follow the same suit.

SECRET_KEY

Required: yes Description: Secret Key for Client-Server Communication
The secret key can be a unique key, a randomly generated string that is used for client-server communication. You can use this random.org configuration to generate a long unique string.

URLs

PUBLIC_URL

Required: yes Description: URL through which app is accessible
Default Value: http://localhost
This URL would be used in features like link sharing functionality and authentication redirection. This points only to the client app, as the server would be running on PORT 3100 always.

PUBLIC_SERVER_URL

Required: yes Description: URL through which server is accessible
Default Value: http://localhost/api
This URL is used when export PDF functionality is used within the app and has to reach out to the server.

Database

POSTGRES_HOST

Required: yes Default Value: localhost Description: Hostname for the PostgreSQL Server

POSTGRES_PORT

Required: yes Default Value: 5432 Description: Port of the PostgreSQL Server

POSTGRES_DB

Required: yes Default Value: postgres Description: Name of the Database in PostgreSQL Server

POSTGRES_USER

Required: yes Default Value: postgres Description: Username of the PostgreSQL Server

POSTGRES_PASSWORD

Required: yes Default Value: postgres Description: Password of the PostgreSQL Server

POSTGRES_SSL_CERT

Required: no Description: Base64 Encoded String of the SSL CA Certificate
Some production-grade managed databases require the need to pass a CA certificate along with the options. You can encode the contents of the .crt file sent to you by your cloud provider in Base64 and provide it as a environment variable.

Authentication

JWT_SECRET

Required: yes Description: Secret to Sign and Extract JWT Payloads
Similar to the SECRET_KEY, this can also be a unique generated string. This is used for email/password authentication, to hash + salt passwords stored in the database so they are unreadable.

JWT_EXPIRY_TIME

Required: yes Default Value: 604800 Description: How long should the JWT be valid for?
This value, in milliseconds, denotes the validity of the JWT token. A shorter value would make the user have to login more frequently.

Google

As much as I'd like to keep Google out of the picture, they do provide a few services that are actually useful. Namely, Google OAuth (for Login with Google) and Google Fonts (to list all fonts and use them on a resume).

PUBLIC_GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID

Required: no Description: Google Client ID for Google Login
This field is only required if the Google Login functionality is important to you.

GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET

Required: no Description: Google Client Secret for Google Login
This field is only required if the Google Login functionality is important to you.

GOOGLE_API_KEY

Required: no Description: Google API Key used for fetching Google Fonts
Within the resume builder, there's a section where you can pick any font from the Google Fonts Library. To fetch the names and IDs of these fonts, we depend on the Google Fonts API. It does not cost any payment, or the need to enter credit card information to create or use this API.
You can get your own key here: https://developers.google.com/fonts/docs/developer_api
If you do not have a Google API Key, it was make use of the cached response JSON that's stored within the project source. Please note that this cache is not updated and may not have all the latest fonts that Google Fonts has to offer.

Mail

The server makes use of SMTP to send the password reset email to those who have forgotten their password. This section is completely optional for those who do not require this functionality.

MAIL_FROM_NAME

Required: no Description: Sender's Name

MAIL_FROM_EMAIL

Required: no Description: Sender's Email Address

Storage

You can either use S3 or any S3-compliant service such as DigitalOcean Spaces to store profile pictures uploaded by users of the platform.

STORAGE_BUCKET

Required: yes

STORAGE_REGION

Required: yes

STORAGE_ENDPOINT

Required: yes

STORAGE_URL_PREFIX

Required: yes

STORAGE_ACCESS_KEY

Required: yes

STORAGE_SECRET_KEY

Required: yes
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