Before you run any of these commands, please make sure you have Node and Docker installed. Please contact your instructor if you don't know what these are and they will help you install them.
To install dependencies, run npm i
- To set up your database, run
docker-compose up -dto start the docker container with the mongodb UI. - Visit http://localhost:8081 in your browser. On the main page in the top right hand corner, create a database called "movies" (lowercase, this is important).
- Once you've created your movies database, click on its title in the table and in the top right hand corner, create a collection called "movies" (again, lowercase, this is important).
- Create a document with a
{ "title": "Polar Express" }just to test and make sure the API is working.
To run the API, run npm start in your terminal. The app should start on port 3000 which you can view in your browser at: http://localhost:3000
Navigate to the /movies/list route to see if it works!
Please contact your instructor if you experience any trouble setting this up.