CAMPUS-SAFETY-APP
├── client
├── server
├── .env
├── .gitignore
├── app.js
├── campus-safety-fcm-firebase-adminsdk-k3uhg-5fe8524d8f.json
├── package.json
├── README.md
└── web.config

This is my current project structure for my node express app and html, css and js frontend. 

Usually before i run node app.js, i need to run npm install. But i run npm install in the server directory since the server diretcory also has a package.json file. The reason i added another package.json file to my main directory where app.js is , is for when dploying to azure. So azure tries to run npm install in the main directory which wont work. (azure app service, node app). So what i do is i kinda try and trick azure, so i overide the npm install command to cd into server and then run npm install there, but this doesnt work. whenever i deploy, theres no node modules folder in my server foldetr where dependenices have been installed. i dont know what to do now. Btw , when dploying using github actions to azure, i remove the node_modules folder and rely on azure to install it there on the platforn. cause deploying the node_modules folder takes a really long time. Here's my package.json in the main directory for reference. {
  "name": "server",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "main": "app.js",
  "scripts": {
    "install": "cd server && npm install"
  },
  "keywords": [],
  "author": "",
  "license": "ISC",
  "description": "back-end for campus-safety-app"
}


Here is my package.json in the server directory for reference. {
  "name": "server",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "main": "app.js",
  "scripts": {
    "test": "jest",
    "startApp": "npm i && cd .. && nodemon app.js"
  },
  "keywords": [],
  "author": "",
  "license": "ISC",
  "description": "back-end for campus-safety-app",
  "devDependencies": {
    "jest": "^29.7.0",
    "node-mocks-http": "^1.16.0",
    "nodemon": "^3.1.4",
    "supertest": "^7.0.0"
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "axios": "^1.7.7",
    "bcryptjs": "^2.4.3",
    "body-parse": "^0.1.0",
    "body-parser": "^1.20.2",
    "cookie-parser": "^1.4.6",
    "cors": "^2.8.5",
    "dotenv": "^16.4.5",
    "express": "^4.19.2",
    "firebase": "^10.13.0",
    "firebase-admin": "^12.4.0",
    "jsonwebtoken": "^9.0.2",
    "mongodb": "^6.8.0",
    "mongoose": "^8.5.3",
    "node-cron": "^3.0.3",
    "node-fetch": "^3.3.2",
    "nodemailer": "^6.9.15",
    "nodemon": "^3.1.4"
  }
}


and finally, the workflow file for reference # Docs for the Azure Web Apps Deploy action: https://github.com/Azure/webapps-deploy
# More GitHub Actions for Azure: https://github.com/Azure/actions

name: Build and deploy Node.js app to Azure Web App - campus-safety

on:
  push:
    branches:
      - main
  workflow_dispatch:

jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4

      - name: Set up Node.js version
        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
        with:
          node-version: "20.x"

      # Install dependencies
      - name: Install Node.js dependencies
        working-directory: ./server
        run: npm install

      # Run tests
      - name: Run tests
        working-directory: ./server
        run: npm test
        continue-on-error: true  # Continue even if tests have non-zero exit code

      # Delete node_modules after tests
      - name: Clean up node_modules folder
        working-directory: ./server
        run: rm -rf node_modules

      # Zip artifact for deployment
      - name: Zip artifact for deployment
        run: zip release.zip ./* -r

      - name: Upload artifact for deployment job
        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
        with:
          name: node-app
          path: release.zip

  deploy:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    needs: build
    environment:
      name: "Production"
      url: ${{ steps.deploy-to-webapp.outputs.webapp-url }}
    permissions:
      id-token: write # This is required for requesting the JWT

    steps:
      - name: Download artifact from build job
        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
        with:
          name: node-app

      - name: Unzip artifact for deployment
        run: unzip release.zip

      - name: Login to Azure
        uses: azure/login@v2
        with:
          client-id: ${{ secrets.AZUREAPPSERVICE_CLIENTID_C1C417C658644087A4BFB018CD1A6378 }}
          tenant-id: ${{ secrets.AZUREAPPSERVICE_TENANTID_9C9EA06695C44B6DA6CDC08A26468C61 }}
          subscription-id: ${{ secrets.AZUREAPPSERVICE_SUBSCRIPTIONID_437A39D0CDFB47E1B35E3C4D4AC9E86C }}

      - name: "Deploy to Azure Web App"
        id: deploy-to-webapp
        uses: azure/webapps-deploy@v3
        with:
          app-name: "campus-safety"
          slot-name: "Production"
          package: .


ALSO NOTE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO KEEP MY NODE_MODULES FOLDER IN THE SERVER DIRECTORY. I PREFER THAT.