Beginning API Development with Node.js

Exercise 12: Setting up the Database

Let's go back to where we left off in the Exercise 11: Validating a Request of Chapter 2, Building the API – Part 1. In this example, we will be using MySQL as our database of choice. Make sure your machine is set up with MySQL and MySQL Workbench:

Use the Code/Lesson-3/exercise-a folder for your reference.

1. Open MySQL Workbench. Click on the + button to create a connection:

2. Add the connection name as packt, username as root, and the password (if any). Click on Test Connection to see if the connection is correct, then click on OK:

3. Click on OK to create the connection.

4. Now, click on the connection, ...