Node.js Express Deployment on Vercel: Quick and Easy

[@lets-build-together]

Sometimes vercel is timing out for long operations, if that's the case. Deploy your application in render (ua-cam.com/video/VHMAcM1T1IY/v-deo.html)

[@HelenaDuGraus]

Here I get "Internal server error"

[@hemanthnath3258]

Same for me too. Is it resolved?

[@weixiangng8279]

For environment files how you set it up? For the express js and vercel.

[@khangbui446]

How do you deploy .ejs - expressjs app? I've been trying to do this but got 404.

[@jasmeetsingh4551]

I'm confused. 0:57 and 1:21, on both these timestamps, your vercel.json looks different. What exactly do we have to mention?

[@lets-build-together]

Hey sorry for the confusion, please go with the one mentioned at 0.57.

[@jasmeetsingh4551]

@@lets-build-together Thanks dude... Sorry for the late reply...didn't see your message. I went for the one on 0:57 only 👍😊 unfortunately, vercel is timing out longer operations saying "This serverless function has timed out"... But I'm gonna try other options like Render, Railway or AWS 👍

[@Lavanya-t2t]

I got a internal server error? Please upload a video resolves the error

[@oselechidera3957]

no repo link?

[@lucasgaspari4175]

thank you!! it works correctly :)

[@CodeWithRains]

bhai mere ko
This deployment does not have a deployment summary. aara !

[@blackslash4954]

Hello, i tried deploying the backend on vercel. Deployed frontend already.
Was not able to fetch some of the mongo db data, users particularly, for sign up and login.
error: 504.
When I deployed the backend on render, it worked.
How to solve this issue?

[@chitraarasuk25]

Hi, this is serverless, so instances of your app can be started and stopped an anytime between requests. That means you need to connect to mongo before you listen on the server port. In render for example the server will start and stay running so the connection is not ready for the first second or two.

[@blackslash4954]

@@chitraarasuk25 already starting server after the connection sir

[@hanslou5309]

What if my build command builds everything to a dist/ directory? How would I change the configuration? Thank you :)

[@mehrinfirdousi3834]

did you figure this out?

[@ashandimantha6538]

Thank you 💖💖

[@purpleh3ad_695]

More power to you, brother.

[@lets-build-together]

Thank you

[@mohammadrehan-zg2bg]

Big big thanks

[@anounman]

When we used the import method (type : "module") it's not working in vercel even I already defined the type in package.json

[@lets-build-together]

Hey hi, i think you have to enable the es6 support for node, you can read more here www.geeksforgeeks.org/how-to-use-an-es6-import-in-node-js/

[@tanmaychavan743]

Thank you so much ❤

[@Sooraj-Rao6]

Thanks mate!

[@soniyaratnakar1726]

Hi, my index.js is in src folder, what modification I need to do to vercel.json?

[@lets-build-together]

Hey hi, you have to tell where exactly your index file inside vercerl.json>builds ( "builds":[{"src":"./src/index.js",...}] )

[@dansinn]

Thanks

[@MakarovSergey39]

If you dont mind I request tutorial how to hosting(free) postgresql database with nodejs+express+sequelize as a server please.

[@TutoMaster]

Render

[@footgame756]

@@TutoMaster thanks budy render is life saving netlify killed me :=?

[@Tussu17]

@@footgame756 Whyyyy!

[@Vampion]

404 not found

[@lets-build-together]

Hey sorry I didn’t get you. You are facing any issue?

[@muzafferkadir]

same.

[@dingus42]

same here

[@mehrinfirdousi3834]

same

[@dingus42]

@@mehrinfirdousi3834 hey so I solved it for mine, just find and use a barebones vercel/node app from anyone else that works and slowly add your own files until it breaks. That should help you find what is the problem