hakizimana-fred / Andela-capstone-Api

Capstone Project Api Backend

Blogs REST API with Express & MongoDB

Nodejs api with express and mongoose ORM

how to use

To get started with this api follow the steps below

$ git clone https://github.com/hakizimana-fred/Andela-capstone-Api.git
$ cd blog-api
$ yarn install or npm install

DATABASE

• This Api uses mongodb database.
  • Have mongodb installe in your system or you can use mongodb clusters
  • You don't need to worry about creating tables, mongoose will immediately create respective collections for you

START THE SERVER

$ yarn start or npm start

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

• Create .env file in the main directory and add the following

    JWT_SECRET="JWT SECRET"
    PORT= "Put port number you wish your server to run on"
    MONGO_URI= "mongodb url"

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