Backend for Revisiit!!!

Getting Started

Setting up the Project

Move into the backend directory: cd fantastic-froyo

If you just want to use the stable version: git checkout master

Install the dependencies : npm install

Working on the project

Run the development task : npm start

Starts a server running at https://localhost:3000/api/v1

Database

By default, the template is configured to connect to a local MongoDB database using Mongoose. It first attempts to connect to a local mongo server, if there is no local mongo server running, it connects to a mLab server.

File Structure

The backend of revisiit consists of 4 major folders and a server.js file which run the server.

        /models
        /routes
        /controllers
        /database

/models

Model folders consists of all the schema for the database, Schema are accessed by other folder using export function in node.js

/routes:

Consists of Routes to forward the supported requests and any information encoded in request URLs to the appropriate controller functions.

/controllers:

Controller functions to get the requested data from the models, create an HTML page displaying the data, and return it to the user to view in the browser.

/database :

index.js contains the database configuration for connecting to the database.