Deployment

backend/server.js

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import path from "path";
 import express from "express";
 import dotenv from "dotenv";
 import cookieParser from "cookie-parser";
@@ -11,6 +12,8 @@ import { app, server } from "./socket/socket.js";
 
 const PORT = process.env.PORT || 5000;
 
+const __dirname = path.resolve();
+
 dotenv.config();
 
 app.use(express.json()); // to parse the incoming requests with JSON payloads (from req.body)
@@ -20,10 +23,11 @@ app.use("/api/auth", authRoutes);
 app.use("/api/messages", messageRoutes);
 app.use("/api/users", userRoutes);
 
-// app.get("/", (req, res) => {
-// root route http://localhost:5000/
-// 	res.send("Hello World!!");
-// });
+app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, "/frontend/dist")));
+
+app.get("*", (req, res) => {
+	res.sendFile(path.join(__dirname, "frontend", "dist", "index.html"));
+});
 
 server.listen(PORT, () => {
 	connectToMongoDB();

frontend/package.json

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
     "preview": "vite preview"
   },
   "dependencies": {
+    "chat-app-yt": "file:..",
     "react": "^18.2.0",
     "react-dom": "^18.2.0",
     "react-hot-toast": "^2.4.1",

package.json

@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@
 	"description": "",
 	"main": "server.js",
 	"scripts": {
-		"server": "nodemon backend/server.js"
+		"server": "nodemon backend/server.js",
+		"start": "node backend/server.js",
+		"build": "npm install && npm install --prefix frontend && npm run build --prefix frontend"
 	},
 	"type": "module",
 	"keywords": [],