Connect ExpressJS to MongoDB

Author: amejiarosario

app.js

@@ -8,6 +8,17 @@ var bodyParser = require('body-parser');
 var routes = require('./routes/index');
 var users = require('./routes/users');
 
+// load mongoose package
+var mongoose = require('mongoose');
+
+// Use native Node promises
+mongoose.Promise = global.Promise;
+
+// connect to MongoDB
+mongoose.connect('mongodb://localhost/todo-api')
+  .then(() =>  console.log('connection succesful'))
+  .catch((err) => console.error(err));
+
 var app = express();
 
 // view engine setup