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author_name: Gergana Tsakova
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author_profile: https://github.com/Joysie
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title: Create a Node.js Application via Cloud Foundry Command Line Interface
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description: Create a simple Node.js application in the Cloud Foundry Command Line Interface (cf CLI) and enable services for it.
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title: Create a Node.js Application with Cloud Foundry Node.js Buildpack
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description: Create a simple application and enable services for it, by using the Cloud Foundry Node.js Buildpack and Cloud Foundry Command Line Interface (cf CLI).
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auto_validation: true
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tags: [ tutorial>beginner, software-product>sap-btp--cloud-foundry-environment, software-product-function>sap-btp-cockpit]
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primary_tag: programming-tool>node-js
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# Create a Node.js Application with Cloud Foundry Node.js Buildpack
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<!-- description --> Create a simple application and enable services for it, by using the Cloud Foundry Node.js Buildpack and Cloud Foundry Command Line Interface (cf CLI).
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## You will learn
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- How to create a simple "Hello World" application in Node.js
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- How to create an application router for it
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- How to run authentication and authorization checks via the XSUAA service
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## Prerequisites
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- You have a productive account for SAP Business Technology Platform (SAP BTP). If you don't have such yet, you can create one so you can [try out services for free] (https://developers.sap.com/tutorials/btp-free-tier-account.html).
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- You have a trial or a productive account for SAP Business Technology Platform (SAP BTP). If you don't have such yet, you can create one so you can [try out services for free] (https://developers.sap.com/tutorials/btp-free-tier-account.html).
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- You have created a subaccount and a space on Cloud Foundry Environment.
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- [cf CLI] (https://help.sap.com/products/BTP/65de2977205c403bbc107264b8eccf4b/4ef907afb1254e8286882a2bdef0edf4.html) is installed locally.
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- [Node.js] (https://nodejs.org/en/about/releases/) and [npm] (https://docs.npmjs.com/downloading-and-installing-node-js-and-npm) are installed locally.
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- [Node.js] (https://nodejs.org/en/about/releases/) and [npm] (https://docs.npmjs.com/downloading-and-installing-node-js-and-npm) are installed locally. Make sure you have the latest Node.js version. In this tutorial, we use v.18.
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- You have installed an integrated development environment, for example [Visual Studio Code] (https://code.visualstudio.com/).
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## Details
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### You will learn
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This tutorial will guide you through creating and setting up a simple Node.js application by using cf CLI. You will start by building and deploying a web application that returns simple data – a **Hello World!** message, and then invoking this app through another one - a web microservice (application router).
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## Intro
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This tutorial will guide you through creating and setting up a simple Node.js application in cf CLI. You will start by building and deploying a web application that returns simple data – a **Hello World!** message, and then invoking this app through a web microservice (application router). Finally, you will set authentication checks and authorization roles to properly access and manage your web application.
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[ACCORDION-BEGIN [Step 1: ](Log on to SAP BTP)]
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### Log on to SAP BTP
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First, you need to connect to the SAP BTP, Cloud Foundry environment with your productive subaccount. Your Cloud Foundry URL depends on the region where the API endpoint belongs to. To find out which one is yours, see: [Regions and API Endpoints Available for the CF Environment] (https://help.sap.com/products/BTP/65de2977205c403bbc107264b8eccf4b/f344a57233d34199b2123b9620d0bb41.html?version=Cloud)
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> **IMPORTANT**: If the authentication fails, even though you've entered correct credentials, try [logging in via single sign-on] (https://help.sap.com/products/BTP/65de2977205c403bbc107264b8eccf4b/e1009b4aa486462a8951c4d499ce6d4c.html?version=Cloud).
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5. Choose the org name and space where you want to create your application.
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> **IMPORTANT**: If the authentication fails, even though you've entered correct credentials, try [logging in via single sign-on] (https://help.sap.com/products/BTP/65de2977205c403bbc107264b8eccf4b/e1009b4aa486462a8951c4d499ce6d4c.html?version=Cloud).
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> Also bear in mind that your application's technical name (in the route) must be **unique** in the whole Cloud Foundry landscape. We advice that you use, for example, your subdomain name or part of your subaccount ID to construct the technical name. In this tutorial, we use: `node-1234-aaaa-5678`
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> Also, your application's technical name (in the route) must be **unique** in the whole Cloud Foundry landscape. We advice that you use, for example, your subdomain name or part of your subaccount ID to construct the technical name. In this tutorial, we use: `node-1234-aaaa-5678`
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Authentication in the SAP BTP, Cloud Foundry environment is provided by the Authorization and Trust Management (XSUAA) service. In this example, OAuth 2.0 is used as the authentication mechanism. The simplest way to add authentication is to use the Node.js `@sap/approuter` package. To do that, a separate Node.js micro-service will be created, acting as an entry point for the application.
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