kristofferlarberg/api-koa

An exercise in creating a simple REST API with Koa and MongoDB.

REST API

Description

This is an exercise in creating a simple REST API for an online forum using Koa and MongoDB.

Setup

• npm install to install packages.
• npm run dev to run server (available at localhost:3000).
• At the moment requires locally installed MongoDB (follow instructions here.

Good to know

Koa requires node v7.6.0 or higher.

Links

I used some guides and looked at a few other repos (thank you!):

• https://koajs.com/
• https://www.crowdbotics.com/blog/how-to-build-a-rest-api-with-koajs
• https://www.tutorialspoint.com/koajs/koajs_restful_apis.htm
• https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/Server-side/Express_Nodejs/mongoose
• https://www.tutorialspoint.com/koajs/koajs_database.htm
• https://github.com/nishant-666/Rest-Api-Express-MongoDB
• https://github.com/Rishy20/REST-API