Update REAMDE and Gitpod config

Signed-off-by: Andrei Jiroh Eugenio Halili <ajhalili2006@gmail.com>

.gitpod.yml

@@ -1,5 +1,17 @@
+
 image:
   file: .gitpod.Dockerfile
 tasks:
+  # Install packages, preloads user's librc in its base64-encoded form and decode back to ~/.librc
   - init: |
-      npm install
+      npm install
+    before: |
+      eval $(gp env -e)
+      if [[ $STDLIBRC != "" ]]; then
+         echo $STDLIBRC | base64 -d | tee ~/.librc.test >> /dev/null
+      fi
+    command: npn run dev
+vscode:
+  extensions:
+    - GitLab.gitlab-workflow
+    - exiasr.hadolint

.vscode/extensions.json

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+    "recommendations": [
+        "gitlab.gitlab-workflow",
+        "exiasr.hadolint"
+    ]
+}

README.md

@@ -1,18 +1,29 @@
-# verify.rtapp.io backend
+# Verification Endpoint API backend
 
-This is the backend code the Recap Time Squad is using on our. This project is helpful on those who maintain their own fork of
-the repo in both GitHub and GitLab repos. It's still an work in progress througn, but if you like to contribute, ask @ajhalili2006
-over Discord (check the links below)
+[![Open in gitpod](https://img.shields.io/badge/Gitpod-ready--to--code-908a85?logo=gitpod)](https://gitpod.io/#https://gitlab.com/RecapTime/infra/rtapp-verify-backend-autocode)
+
+This is our source code for the Verification Endpoint API handler and Discord bot running on Autocode, usually synchorized every hour through GitLab CI.
+
+API calls from `verify.rtapp.<tk|io>` domain will be trnsparently redirected to the production release at `rtapp-verify-backend.recaptime.autocode.gg`.
+
+## Development
+
+Requires Node.js 14+ and Autocode CLI if you want to do local development or even deployment to development/production environments on Autocode.
+
+### Setup
+
+1. `npm install`
+2. `npm start` to run an local FunctionScript gateway with hot reload included.
+3. `curl -i http://localhost:8170/recaptime/rtapp-verify-backend/ping`
 
 ## Getting help
 
-* Discord: For Autocode users who are in the official Autocode Discord sevrer, just ping Andrei Jiroh (`Andrei Jiroh#`).
-You can also optionally join
+* Discord: For Autocode users who are in [the official Autocode Discord sevrer](https://discord.gg/autocode) or Miraheze users on Miraheze Discord, just ping Andrei Jiroh (`Andrei Jiroh#7159`). You can also optionally [join Recap Time Squad's Discord server](https://discord.gg/5dURUcM) and ask for help under `#rtapp-verify-bot` channel.
+* Issue tracker: We track issues on <https://gitlab.com/RecapTime/verify/issues> instead.
 
 ## Related Projects
 
-* [Main rtapp-verify repo](https://gitlab.com/RecapTime/verify) ([GitHub mirror](https://github.com/RecapTime/verify) is available
-through we use issue forms) - where all the
+* [Main project repo](https://gitlab.com/RecapTime/verify) ([GitHub mirror](https://github.com/RecapTime/verify) is available through we use issue forms) - all the verification metadata are being stored publicly, through some private data are held in an MongoDB database instead.
 
 ## Credits
 

lib/secrets.js

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 /**
  * Environment variable loader from our env.json file (omitted from GitLab code export due to potential leakage
- * of secrets). It is usually loaded when
+ * of secrets). It is usually loaded at top of most of the functions and usually used at local development and
+ * when doing API development using Gitpod/containers.
  */
 function loadEnvFromFile() {
     const fs = require('fs');
@@ -8,12 +9,20 @@ function loadEnvFromFile() {
     fs.access("/opt/node_modules/autocode-common/configs", (err) => {
         if (err) {
             fs.access('env.json', (err) => {
+                /**
+                 * If env.json exists locally, attempt to load them automagically within the Node.js process.
+                 */
                 const env = require("../env.json")
                 if (!err) { 
-                   process.env["MONGO_DATABASE"] = env.dev.MONGO_DATABASE
-                   process.env["DISCORD_GUILD_ID"] = env.dev.DISCORD_GUILD_ID,
-                   process.env["DISCORD_ROLE_ID"] = env.dev.DISCORD_GUILD_ID
+                   process.env.MONGO_DATABASE = env.dev.MONGO_DATABASE
+                   process.env.DISCORD_GUILD_ID = env.dev.DISCORD_GUILD_ID,
+                   process.env.DISCORD_ROLE_ID = env.dev.DISCORD_GUILD_ID,
+                   process.env.MW_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID = env.dev.MW_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID,
+                   process.env.MW_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET = env.dev.MW_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET,
+                   process.env.MW_MW_OAUTH_CALLBACK = env.dev.MW_OAUTH_CALLBACK,
+                   process.env.MW_OAUTH_ROOT = env.dev.MW_OAUTH_ROOT
                 } else {
+                    /** Otherwise, preload secrets using dotenv */
                     require("dotenv").config()
                 }
             })

package.json

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   "publish": false,
   "scripts": {
     "start": "lib http",
-    "dev": "nodemon --exec \"lib http\"",
+    "dev": "npm run start",
     "deploy:dev": "lib up dev",
     "deploy:prod": "lib release"
   },