Complete project to help you complete the free-code-camp url shortener microservice API certification project
test it out here: https://fcc-url-shortener-microservice.un-index.repl.co/
visit https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/get-started-with-mongodb-atlas/ and follow the instructions to get your MongoDB URI
add your uri to the .env file, which should look like:
mongoDbURI=mongodb+srv://<username>:<password>@...
e.g when substituting your details
mongoDbURI=mongodb+srv://un-index:notmypasswordlol@cluster-name.mongodb.net/database-name?retryWrites=true&w=majority
make sure to run
npm install
in the console to install the dependencies
host it somewhere, e.g on Glitch (e.g by uploading all these files to your project) or repl.it and test it out
NOTE: in case of any errors connecting to the database, make sure you've got your correct MongoDB URI in the .env file (repl.it has deprecated .env files in favor of their UI for setting environment variables).
PS: This should be enough to illustrate an outline for the creation of this project. This is not meant to be copied in its entirety and submitted without change.