Added Sentry for Error Monitoring

README.md

@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ This project can be used as a boiler plate for building a MongoDB-Express-React-
     #Database server connection URI. If you are using mLab, this needs to be created at https://mlab.com/, and would look like the following:
     MONGODB_URI = 'mongodb://<user_name>:<password>@xxxxx.mlab.com:xxxxx/<db_name>'
 
+    #Sentry url need to be created at https://sentry.io/welcome/, and would look like the following:
+    SENTRY_DSN = https://<code>@sentry.io/<code> 
   - Run ``$ npm run dev`` to start both front end and back end on ports 5000 and 3000 respectively
   - Run ``$ npm run start`` to start the back end express server on port 5000
 

app.js

@@ -1,12 +1,17 @@
 var express = require("express");
 var app = express();
+const Sentry = require('@sentry/node');
 var AuthRouter = require("./routes/Authentication");
 var UserRouter = require("./routes/User");
 var ItemRouter = require("./routes/Item");
 var config = require("./config")
 
 const path = require("path");
 
+Sentry.init({
+  dsn: config.dsn,
+});
+
 var mongoose = require('mongoose');
 mongoose.connect(config.mLabURI);
 

config/index.js

@@ -15,4 +15,6 @@ module.exports = {
   cloudinaryCloudName: process.env.CLOUDINARY_CLOUD_NAME,
   //mLab credentials
   mLabURI: process.env.MONGODB_URI,
+  //sentry url
+  dsn: process.env.SENTRY_DSN,
 };

package.json

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
   "author": "",
   "license": "ISC",
   "dependencies": {
+    "@sentry/node": "^5.6.2",
     "bcryptjs": "^2.4.3",
     "body-parser": "^1.18.2",
     "cloudinary": "^1.13.2",