Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree v2 - REST API Project

Getting Started

To get up and running with this project, run the following commands from the root of the folder that contains this README file.

First, install the project's dependencies using npm.

npm install

Second, ensure that you have MongoDB installed globally on your system.

Open a Command Prompt (on Windows) or Terminal (on Mac OS X) instance and run the command mongod (or sudo mongod) to start the MongoDB daemon.
If that command failed then you’ll need to install MongoDB.
How to Install MongoDB on Windows
How to Install MongoDB on a Mac

Third, seed your MongoDB database with data.

npm run seed

And lastly, start the application.

npm start

To test the Express server, browse to the URL http://localhost:5000/.

To test the application the 'RESTAPI.postman.json' file can be uploaded to postman, which will give you all of the necessary routes to test.