prepare for deployment

Procfile

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+web: node server/index.js

client/.gitignore

@@ -25,4 +25,4 @@ yarn-error.log*
 yarn.lock
 
 #env
-.env
+.env

server/index.js

@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ app.use(express.json({ limit: "30mb", extended: true }));
 app.use(express.urlencoded({ limit: "30mb", extended: true }));
 app.use(cors());
 
-app.get("/", (req, res) => {
-  res.send("Hello world");
-});
 
 //routes
 app.use("/api/products", productRoutes);
@@ -42,6 +39,21 @@ app.get("/api/config/paypal",(req,res)=>res.send(process.env.PAYPAL_CLIENT_ID))
 const __dirname = path.resolve()
 app.use('/uploads', express.static(path.join(__dirname, './uploads')))
 
+// for production
+if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production') {
+  app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, '../client/build')))
+    app.get("*", (req, res) => {
+      res.sendFile(path.resolve(__dirname,'../','client', 'build', 'index.html'))
+  })
+}
+ else {
+  app.get("/", (req, res) => {
+    res.send("Hello world");
+  });
+}
+
+
+
 // error handler
 app.use(notFound);
 app.use(errorHandler);

server/package.json

@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
   "main": "index.js",
   "type": "module",
   "scripts": {
-    "start": "nodemon index.js"
+    "start": "nodemon index.js",
+    "heroku-postbuild": "NPM_CONFIG_PRODUCTION=false npm install --prefix client && npm run build --prefix client"
   },
   "keywords": [],
   "author": "",