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.gitignore

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+node_modules/
+.env
+/api/config/

README.md

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 - [Django Docs](https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.0/)
 - [React Docs](https://reactjs.org/docs/getting-started.html)
-- [Node.js Docs](https://nodejs.org/api/)
+- [Node.js Docs](https://nodejs.org/api)
 - [Git and GitHub](https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-use-git-a-reference-guide)
 
 

api/README.md

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+# Water Monitoring API
+
+## Installation
+
+`npm install`
+
+## Setting up
+
+- Create a config folder in api/
+- Create dev.json or test.json file based on your usecase
+- Add the following code to dev/test.json
+
+`{"dbURI":"YOUR DATABASE URI"}`
+
+## Running
+
+`npm start`
+
+## Testing
+
+`npm test`

api/models/Reading.js

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+const mongoose = require("mongoose");
+
+const readingSchema = new mongoose.Schema({
+  value: {
+    required: true,
+    type: String
+  }
+});
+
+module.exports = mongoose.model("reading", readingSchema);