json-server with a "groundhog day" superpowers

This is an easily deployable json-server, self-resetting its database every hour.

Why?

A recent frontend bootcamp graduate was struggling with deploying their projects, based on json-server "backend". Keeping in mind that deployment only might not be enough, as databases could be polluted by bad internet actors, I came up with this "groundhog day" idea, which will wipe database to a pre-saved state every hour. This way it should be good enough to demo projects' functionality, but also keep them in intended state for future visitors.

tl;dr way to deploy on Glitch

• open this Glitch project
• click "Remix" to have your own copy
• edit db.json in there - this will be the point json-server will reset automatically to
• grab the deployment address using "show", it should end with .glitch.me
• point your frontend project to use that address as its backend
• profit, enjoyment, etc :D
• 💡 tip: the fastest way to deploy your React/static project is Render

Other deployment options

This repo can be cloned, db.json changed and deployed to any service able to host Node (Heroku, AWS, Vercel, DigitalOcean, Google, Azure, you name it).

Semi-advanced

• you can run it locally via npm run develop, it will watch and save changes into db.json, which is probably what you want while working on your frontend
• db reset interval can be changed in server.js
• locally default port is 3100, change it in package.json if needed