Starter app for REST Api built with Express / mongoose

Node js app

• install node
• npm install

MongoDb

• Setup follow https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/administration/install-community/

• for macOSX https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/tutorial/install-mongodb-on-os-x/

• brew services start mongodb-community@4.4 // start service

• brew services stop mongodb-community@4.4 // stop service

• mongo // to begin using mongoDB

• mongoimport --db simple --collection people --jsonArray users.json //Insert from terminal

• go to mongo shell

• use simple // create/select a db

• db.people.findOne() // see one entry in collection people

• db.people.remove() // to remove the collection

• db.dropDatabase() // delete a db

• show dbs

• update db connect url in .env file

• npm start

API

• Signup

• login

• CRUD user

• follow/unfollow

• Posts

• CRUD Posts

• comments/lkes

• home/{username}

References

• https://zellwk.com/blog/crud-express-mongodb/

prerequisites

1. Node https://nodejs.org/en/
2. Atlas setup https://docs.atlas.mongodb.com/tutorial/create-atlas-account/
3. Compass https://www.mongodb.com/products/compass
4. Postman https://www.postman.com/

Backend for instagram clone

https://www.mongodb.com/blog/post/password-authentication-with-mongoose-part-1