Mongodb-project

This is our backend. You need front-end to run this project. Alternatively, use Postman to monitor the request and response.

Step 1 – Clone this project to www or htdocs folder

git clone https://github.com/19wdwu07/Mongodb-project.git

Step 2 – Install packages

npm i

Step 3 – Mongodb

You should have a mongodb account. The URI connection string needs username, password and cluster name with attached id. If not, create an account and get the uri string from https://www.mongodb.com/

Copy the config-copy.json file and rename it to config.json and add your username, password and clustername with its id.

Step 4 - Run the project

You should have installed nodemon globally. if not run npm install nodemon -g

use the legacy version in vagrant set up

nodemon -L index.js

use this in non-vagrant set up

nodemon index.js

Step 5 - To see the home page

localhost:3000 or use ip in the place of localhost

Step 6 - Endpoints

Endpoints	Description	Acceptable values	Method
/allProducts	view all products from json file		GET
/products/p=	view a product by id from json file	number	GET
/registerUser	add a new user to db		POST
/allUSers	view all users from db		GET
/loginUser	check for existing userto login		POST
/allProductsFromDB	view all products from db		GET
/addProduct	add a product in db		POST
/updateProduct/	modify a product using id	ObjectId	PATCH
/deleteProduct/	remove a product using id	ObjectId	DELETE

Step 7 - Mongodb

To see data being posted,updated or deleted, click on cluster->collections->shop->users or products respectively