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So now that we've created the data in our database the next step is to create our server.

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So we're going back from database to server to client.

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So in order to do this there's a number of steps which are pretty much boilerplate.

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It's what you're going to do every time when you set up a new server that uses MongoDB.

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And we've really done it plenty of times before

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so I'm going to set this to you as a challenge.

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So the first thing you have to do is to create a new directory called Wiki-API and then we're going

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to initialize NPM and install 4 packages: body-parser, mongoose, ejs and express. And then we're

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going to create a new file called app.js and inside app.js we're going to add our server code.

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So that includes requiring all those modules that we installed and initializing express and setting

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body-parser up.

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Now this is something that you need to do every single time.

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And if you prefer instead of writing it all now you can also go to that repository at github.com

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/londonappbrewery/

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Build-Your-Own-RESTful-API and then if you scroll down you can see that there's some service starting

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code that I have put there for you which you can copy and paste into your app.js.

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Now alternatively some students prefer to get extra practice and they try and write it all out.

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So it's completely up to you which method you want to go down.

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And once you've set up your server then the next step is to setup MongoDB and our database name as

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you remember is called wikiDB and the collection that it contains is called articles and all the

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documents in the article collection has two fields: title and content. So using all of that information

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you should be able to set up a connection with MongoDB and be able to create the models that you

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need with Mongoose and be able to set it up. So give that a go and if you get stuck or if you have any

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problems head back over here and I'll walk you through the entire process.