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Instructions / notes for running and testing the backend server

Links

• https://nodejs.org/en/docs/guides/
• https://mongodb.github.io/node-mongodb-native/3.1/quick-start/quick-start/
• https://cloud.mongodb.com/v2/5b8727749701993a37d8c670#clusters/detail/Cluster0 (Our MongoDB cloud cluster)

Prerequisites

Before running the server

npm install

Installing

Installing npm packages

npm install <package name> 

To save the node package to package.json

npm install --save <package name>

Running the server locally

To run the server locally, within backend/

node app.js

Now you can test GETs, POSTs, etc. with Postman

Testing with Postman

First run the server locally. Within Postman set the requrest url to

localhost:5000/api/...

Replace ... with whatever route you wish to access. If sending a POST, the contents sent are in the Body section. Tokens go in the header.

Make sure that when you are sending a POST request, in the Body section, choose x-www-form-urlencoded and enter the body keys and values there.