Hello Loopback4 on Glitch

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• https://glitch.com/~hello-loopback4

• LoopBack 4, the next step in the evolution of LoopBack! A completely redesigned modular framework especially for API developers.

• Follow the Loopback 4 tutorial using this Glitch project!

• Following instructions at loopback v4 page http://v4.loopback.io/getting-started.html

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1. [done] install Node.js
2. [done] installed loopback version 4 using the following command:

pnpm install --save-dev @loopback/cli

Next Create a new Loopback4 project

3. To create a new project, run the CLI as follow

• First, open the Glitch console

• Type the following command the console

  lb4 app
  

• Answer the prompts as follows.

  [?] Project name: hello-loopback4
  [?] Project description: hello-loopback4
  [?] Project root directory: hello-loopback4
  [?] Application class name: HelloApplication
  [?] Select project build settings: Enable tslint, Enable prettier, Enable mocha, Enable loopbackBuild
  

  

Move the LB project files into the Glitch root

• Move and edit the lb4 generated project files

  # move the lb4 generated project files
  mv ./hello-loopback4/README.md ./README-hello-loopback4.md
  
  # reference the generated README from this Glitch README
  sed -i '$a\
  [README-hello-loopback4](./README-hello-loopback4.md)' README.md
  
  mv ./hello-loopback4/{.[!.],}* .
  rm -r ./hello-loopback4
  
  # update to node version 10
  sed -i 's/>=8.9/10.x/' ./package.json
  
  # Sync Glitch console with the Glitch project
  refresh
  

Starting the project

4. The project comes with a "ping" route to test the project. Let's try it out by running the projects.

• Wait for Glitch project to finish rebuilding

• In a browser, visit this Glitch remix

  • https://hello-loopback4-test01.glitch.me/

• and with curl test the PING api

  curl -X GET "https://hello-loopback4-test01.glitch.me/ping" \
  -H  "accept: application/json"
  

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