mosesb1/test-api-starter

Express Testing Lab Starter

Installation

1. Clone this repository to your labs folder and change directory into it.
2. Run npm i to download required dependencies.
3. Create a .env file and add your DATABASE_URL to it with your MongoDB Atlas connection string:

DATABASE_URL=mongodb+srv://dbuser:[email protected]/gaphyTestingLab?retryWrites=true&w=majority

Getting Started

1. Run node db/seed.js to populate your database with seed data if you want.
2. Run nodemon index.js to start your development server. You should see the following:

[nodemon] starting `node index.js`
Hello world! Express GAphy API listening on port 3000
mongo connected at:  mongodb+srv://dbuser:[email protected]/gaphy?retryWrites=true&w=majority
✅ mongo connection made!

Happy coding!!!