🍃node-posts

Simple Node JS API. Live demo available here

Languages and technologies 🛠

• Node JS
• Express
• MongoDB

Installation💾

Requirements

1. Node JS
2. Mongo DB Atlas account

Steps

1. Run git clone https://github.com/JacobJax/node-posts.git
2. Run cd node-posts to navigate to the project folder
3. Run npm install to install dependencies

Running project ⚙

After cloning the project, installing node modules and creating a Mongo DB Atlas account, create a .env file. In the .env file, add your connection string from Mongo DB atlas which looks something like this mongodb+srv://<username>:<password>@cluster0.wwoebgl.mongodb.net/?retryWrites=true&w=majority.

Set DB_CONNECTION_STRING=mongodb+srv://<username>:<password>@cluster0.wwoebgl.mongodb.net/?retryWrites=true&w=majority and PORT=5000(Optional)

You can then run npm run start to view the project on localhost:5000.

Contributing 👷🏿‍♀️

• Clone or Fork the project
• Create an issue describing what you're working on and create a branch from your issue.
• Work on your issue, push to the brach you created and create a new pull request.