README.md

NodeJS Example Restful API using MySQL

This repo uses NodeJS combined with MySQL to allow calls to a restful API.

This repo is a good starting point for anyone trying this for the first time.

Requirements

1. MySQL with username/password
2. node installed (duh)

To get started

1. npm install
2. edit host, user, and password for mysql database
3. In your mysql server run db.sql to create table for API to interact with
4. run node app.js
5. open browser and go to localhost:8080/
6. to see users from your database go to localhost:8080/user/1
7. to see another user go to localhost:8080/user/2
8. to see all users go to localhost:8080/users/