Movies-API

This Project is an API that will handle the movies search request of the users. The record of the movies is stored in a database and the API will fetch the data from the database and return the result to the user. The API will also handle the request of the user to add a new movie to the database.

How to run this project

Clone the project

git clone https://github.com/Flanker-shyam/moviesAPI.git

Install the dependencies

npm install

environment variables

• Create a .env file in the root directory of the project
• Add the following to that .env file

PORT=3000
DB_URL=mongodb://localhost:27017/moviesData
DB_NAME=moviesData
DB_COLLECTION=moviesData

Start the mongoDB server on port 27017

• Need to have installed mongoDB in your system

sudo service mongod start

Run the project

npm start

Run in Development mode

npm run dev

Contribute

If you want to contribute to this project, follow these steps:

1. Fork this repository.
2. Clone your forked repository to your local system.
3. Create a new branch with some meaningful name.(Important to make PR)
4. Make necessary changes and commit those changes.
5. Push changes to GitHub.
6. Submit your changes by creating a pull request.