/mm_express_api_example

Primary LanguageJavaScript

Live Code Walkthrough - Designing a clean RESTful API with Node.js (Express + Mongo)

Watch the companion video at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fy6-LSE_zjI

Prerequisites

  • Node.js
  • Mongo DB
  • Git

Getting started

Follow these steps at the command line:

1. Clone and Install

git clone https://github.com/arcdev1/mm_express_api_example.git
cd mm_express_api_example
npm install

2. Start Mongo

mongod

3. Run the solution

npm run start

Troubleshooting

To get the unique email error to work like in the video, you need to add a unique constraint on the email field in MongoDB as described at: https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/core/index-unique/