Written by Jan Kaiponen
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REST Tutorial (Mongoose)

Youtube: Build A REST API With Node.js, Express, & MongoDB - Quick

Starting the project

npm init

npm i mongoose express

npm i –save-dev dotenv nodemon

{
  "name": "build_a_rest_api_tutorial",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "description": "",
  "main": "index.js",
  "scripts": {
    "devStart": "nodemon server.js"
  },
  "author": "",
  "license": "ISC",
  "dependencies": {
    "express": "^4.17.1",
    "mongoose": "^5.10.18",
    "undefined": "                                                                           "
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "dotenv": "^8.2.0",
    "nodemon": "^2.0.6"
  }
}

Create file .env

.gitignore

.env
node_modules

server.js

npm run devStart