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Contributing

We're so excited you're interested in helping with SuperTokens! We are happy to help you get started, even if you don't have any previous open-source experience 😊

New to Open Source?

  1. Take a look at How to Contribute to an Open Source Project on GitHub
  2. Go thorugh the SuperTokens Code of Conduct

Where to ask Questions?

  1. Check our Github Issues to see if someone has already answered your question.
  2. Join our community on Discord and feel free to ask us your questions

Development Setup

You will need to setup the supertokens-core in order to to run the supertokens-node tests, you can setup supertokens-core by following this guide
Note: If you are not contributing to the supertokens-core you can skip steps 1 & 4 under Project Setup of the supertokens-core contributing guide.

Prerequisites

  • OS: Linux or macOS
  • Nodejs & npm
  • IDE: VSCode(recommended) or equivalent IDE

Project Setup

  1. Fork the supertokens-node repository
  2. Clone the forked repository in the parent directory of the previously setup supertokens-root.
    supertokens-node and supertokens-root should exist side by side within the same parent directory
  3. cd supertokens-node
  4. Install the project dependencies
    npm i -d
  5. Add git pre-commit hooks
    npm run set-up-hooks

Modifying Code

  1. Open the supertokens-node project in your IDE and you can start modifying the code
  2. After modifying the code, build your project to implement your changes
    npm run build-pretty

Testing

  1. Navigate to the supertokens-root repository
  2. Start the testing environment
    ./startTestingEnv --wait
  3. Navigate to the supertokens-node repository
    cd ../supertokens-node/
  4. Run all tests
    INSTALL_PATH=../supertokens-root npm test
  5. If all tests pass the output should be:
    node tests passing

Pull Request

  1. Before submitting a pull request make sure all tests have passed
  2. Reference the relevant issue or pull request and give a clear description of changes/features added when submitting a pull request

SuperTokens Community

SuperTokens is made possible by a passionate team and a strong community of developers. If you have any questions or would like to get more involved in the SuperTokens community you can check out:

Additional resources you might find useful: