An easy way to get started with a Express server with MongoDB with Node.js.

• Babel 7
• Environment Variables
• Express
• MongoDB

• node & npm
• git

• git clone [email protected]:rwieruch/node-express-mongodb-server.git
• cd node-express-mongodb-server
• npm install
• start MongoDB
• npm start

• visit http://localhost:3000
  • /messages
  • /messages/1
  • /users
  • /users/1

• Create a message with:
  • curl -i -X POST -H "Content-Type:application/json" http://localhost:3000/messages -d '{"text":"Hi again, World"}'
• Delete a message with:
  • curl -i -X DELETE -H "Content-Type:application/json" http://localhost:3000/messages/1

• Install Postman to interact with REST API
• Create a message with:
  • URL: http://localhost:3000/messages
  • Method: POST
  • Body: raw + JSON (application/json)
  • Body Content: { "text": "Hi again, World" }
• Delete a message with:
  • URL: http://localhost:3000/messages/1
  • Method: DELETE