Merge pull request #435 from IncognitoTGT/main

made selecting port easier

Author: xbubbo

README.md

@@ -54,10 +54,9 @@ As of January 1st 2024, Replit is [no longer free](https://blog.replit.com/hosti
 
 ### Solution for if there is no popup.
 
-1. Edit the `index.js` file and edit the **Port** to a different number, don't use 8080.
-2. Click Terminal, and paste `npm i && npm run start`.
-3. Go to the ports tab, Click Foward A Port, And type the port number.
-4. Right click Visibility and set Port Visibility to Public.
+1. Run `npm i`, and before `npm run start`, prepend `PORT=8080`, replacing 8080 with another port. For example, `PORT=6969 npm run start`.
+2. Go to the ports tab, Click Forward A Port, And type the port number.
+3. Right click Visibility and set Port Visibility to Public.
 
 ## Need Help with Deployment?
 

index.js

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ const __dirname = process.cwd()
 const server = http.createServer()
 const app = express(server)
 const bareServer = createBareServer('/v/')
-const PORT = 8080
+const PORT = process.env.PORT || 8080
 if (config.challenge) {
   console.log('Password protection is enabled. Usernames are: ' + Object.keys(config.users))
   console.log('Passwords are: ' + Object.values(config.users))