wdzajicek/mongodb-todo

MongoDB TodoApp

A repo to play with MongoDB

Requirements

The Nodejs version specified in .nvmrc.

MongoDB Requirements

In order for this project to work it needs to connect to a MongoDB database.

I used mongoDB Atlas at the free tier as follows:

1. Create an account at mongoDB Atlas
2. Create a cluster
3. Add a new user (copy username and password)
4. Setup connection to cluster:
   • Use Connect button to open Connect to <YOUR_CLUSTER_NAME> settings.
   • Under Connect to your application choose Drivers - Access you Atlas data using MongoDB's native drivers (e.g. Node.js, Go, etc.)
   • Select Node.js as the Driver and highest Version number (5.5 or later at time of writing this.)
   • Copy your connection string:
     • It will look something like this: mongodb+srv://<username>:<password>@<cluster>.jeyn3hs.mongodb.net/?retryWrites=true&w=majority.
     • Be sure to substitute <password> with your user's password.
     • I've also removed my <username> and <cluster> names from the above connection string.
5. Create a .env file in the project root and add DB_CONNECT = mongodb+srv://<username>:<password>@<cluster>.jeyn3hs.mongodb.net/?retryWrites=true&w=majority — obviously your <username>, <password>, and <cluster> will be different.

Never publish your .env file anywhere as it contains sensitive information!

Installation

npm install

Run the App Locally

npm start