WasteBin

yet another pastebin and url shortener

Configuration

wastebin requires a few environment variables. create a .env file in the root directory with these variables

• TRUST_PROXY - (optional) if you're running behind a reverse proxy, set this to true
• SESSION_SECRET - the session cookie secret
• ENABLE_REGISTER - (optional, default: true) if you want to disable registration, set this to false
• DB_HOST - the host of your mysql server
• DB_USER - the username of your mysql server
• DB_DATABASE - the name of your database
• DB_PASSWORD - the password of your mysql user
• DB_PORT - (optional, default: 3306) the port of your mysql server

Scripts

there are a few npm scripts to make it easier for you to get started

• start - start the server
• build - compile the typescript to javascript
• test - run typescript with --noEmit

Running Knex

wastebin uses knex for database migrations. you can run knex commands using the following commands

• to create a new migration

npx knex --knexfile src/knexfile.ts migrate:make <name>

• to run the latest migrations

$ npx knex --knexfile src/knexfile.ts migrate:latest

Docker Compose

there is a docker compose file that has mysql and adminer to get a database up quickly. to start docker compose, run docker-compose up -d and set your database environment variables to

DB_HOST=localhost
DB_USER=wastebin
DB_DATABASE=wastebin
DB_PASSWORD=wastebin