Backend Architecture

Overview

The backend is a web app supported by Express in a Node.js runtime environment. Data storage for FAQs is supported by a Firebase database.

• /firebase: firebase metadata
• /src:
  • /data: JSON files with data that has been written to the database
  • /scripts: scripts to add new data from /data
  • /firebase-config: files that initialize the connection to the database
  • Other files: files that define the API
    • server.ts: starts a local development server and links built frontend file for deployment
    • app.ts: contains enpoints for getting data and posting to Firebase.
    • auth.ts: contains a function for authenticating users with their Cornell emails.