Node.js on Google App Engine Standard environment

What's this?

This is a sample application for node.js run on Google App Engine Standard environment. A main focus of this application is a useful and extensional project configuration.

How to use

Prerequisites

• Google Cloud SDK
• Node.js v10
  • yarn
• git CLI
• A project of Google Cloud Platform
  • If you are newbie of GCP/GAE, access https://cloud.google.com and create a new project.

1. npm install -g yarn
2. yarn install

Add server/src/server-config.ts

1. Access to GCP console and create your GCP project.
   • https://console.cloud.google.com/home/dashboard
2. Create a service account and save credentials.
   • https://console.cloud.google.com/iam-admin/serviceaccounts
3. Copy server/src/server-config.template.ts to server/src/server-config.ts and add credentials as below:

export class ServerConfig {
  static PRODUCTION = {
    "type": "service_account",
    "project_id": "PROJECT_NAME",
    "private_key_id": "xxxx",
    "private_key": "xxxx",
    "client_email": "xxxx",
    "client_id": "xxxx",
    "auth_uri": "xxxx",
    "token_uri": "xxxx",
    "auth_provider_x509_cert_url": "xxxx",
    "client_x509_cert_url": "xxxx"
  };
}

Local development

1. yarn run serve

Deployment

1. Replace PROJECT_NAME to your project name in package.json.
2. gcloud config configurations create PROJECT_NAME
3. gcloud config configurations activate PROJECT_NAME
4. gcloud auth login
5. yarn run deploy

You can access your application on https://${PROJECT_NAME}.appspot.com.

Known issues

• microsoft/TypeScript#842
  • There is shared TypeScript code on this project, but "@types/node" has a incompatible setTimeout signature which cannot run on browser.