Connecting the database

This section deals with connecting our REST API to its database. This requires a MongoDB cluster. Checkout this link if you dont know how to create one. After creating a cluster do the following steps.,

1. Login to MongoDb.
2. Click Connect given in the cluster.
3. Select Connect your application.

  4. Copy the URL given.

  5. Go to app.js/line 3 and replace the MongoURL with the copied URL.

  6. Replace the <password> with the cluster password.

  7. Replace myFirstDatabase with your database name [any].

After creating, go to your text editor and open the template.