使用Nodejs-Express-MongoDB搭建服务器

Demo source code on the github: Github demo source code.

Steps to start the server:

  1. Clone the Github demo source code.
  2. install MongoDB with the steps from Mac OSX 平台 MongoDB 的安装及管理.
  3. Config MongoDB and start it with mongod --dbpath /usr/local/var/mongodb --logpath /usr/local/var/log/mongodb/mongo.log --fork.
  4. Start the server by running node server.js.
  5. Test the APIs by curl or Postman (recommended).

Note

nodejs version

If you meet the following error while running node server.js, check your nodejs version to make sure you are using 12 and above. 14.17.6 is tested. The error is:

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/Users/hozhang/Develop/PracticeProjects/nodejs-express-mongodb/node_modules/whatwg-url/lib/encoding.js:2
const utf8Encoder = new TextEncoder();
ReferenceError: TextEncoder is not defined

How to start/shutdown MongoDB

  1. After correctly configuring your MongoDB, use the following command to start it: mongod --dbpath /usr/local/var/mongodb --logpath /usr/local/var/log/mongodb/mongo.log --fork
  2. After enter the mongo environment by running mongo, use the following command to shutdown the MongoDB: ```

    use admin; db.shutdownServer(); ```

MongoDB Compass

Use the official UI tool to manage your MongoDB data: MongoDB Compass.

Postman

Use the Postman to act as a client. It is convenient to config/manage the request.

code explanation

Refer to Node.js, Express & MongoDb: Build a CRUD Rest Api example for detailed code explanation.

References