luigimorel / movies-backend

A movie API to show movie directors and their movies (Docker, testing, MongoDB)

Introduction

Movies REST API

The task

• Build a REST API to show movie directors

Solutions

Here's the Postman Collection

Tools used

• Typescript
• Node.js (Express)
• MongoDB
• Docker
• NPM

Set up instructions

1. Clone the repository

$ git clone https://github.com/morelmiles/backend-task

2. Install the dependencies

$ npm install

3. Create a database (I use Docker on local machine)

$ docker pull mongo # Pull the mongo image from Docker Hub
$ docker run --name some-name -d mongo:tag  # Create a container
$ docker exec -it some-name sh # Terminal for the mongo container
$ root@3fdfdadd6690:/# mongosh # Launch mongo's shell
$ test> use boilerplate # Create a database named boilerplate
$ boilerplate # Database created succesfully

4. Copy the env variables and fill in the details

$ cp .env.example .env

5. Start the dev server

$ npm run dev

Improvements

• Use a separate database for running tests
• Mock the database connection using mongodb-memory-server
• Add deployment scripts using Docker and docker-compose