djuric42 / rest-api-sample-app-nodejs

Sample App showcasing the REST APIs using the nodejs SDK

Rest API Sample app in Node.js

Overview

This is a simple pizza store app that allows you to explore the features provided by PayPal's REST APIs. Specfically, you can learn how to

• Save a credit card with paypal for future payments.
• Make a payment using a saved credit card id.
• Make a payment using paypal as the payment method.

Prerequisites

• Node V0.8+
• MongoDB server

Setting up the app

• Run npm install at the root folder to download dependencies.
• Make sure Mongo server is running. After following instructions to install, you can start it by sudo mongod which starts at localhost:27017 with default configurations. The app creates a database called paypal_pizza by default.
• Run node app.js to start the application.
• Navigate to http://localhost:3000/ in your favourite browser.

Configuration

Please see config.json in the root folder if you want to change the default application / mongo settings.

References

• Github repository for Node.js REST API SDK - https://github.com/paypal/rest-api-sdk-nodejs