MongoDB Workshop

Purpose

This is a simple backend built using Node.js and Express.js. Purpose is to teach the method of connecting MongoDB to a backend.

Setup

1. Clone repo
2. Create MongoDB account and database cluster
3. Get connection string which should look like mongodb+srv://[USERNAME]:[PASSWORD]@cluster0.plteu.mongodb.net/[DATABASE_NAME]?retryWrites=true&w=majority
4. Put it into a .env file with format MONGODB_CONNECT= connection string
5. Run npm install
6. Run npm start
7. Use a REST client to make requests to localhost:9000