MongoDB Workshop

This repository contains sources and documents allowing your to learn MongoDB.

This application use a dataset created using the Marver Developer API.

Using the Marvel Importer

The Marvel Importer is located in the ./data-importer folder. The importer is a Node.js application that calls the Marvel API, transforms the data and insert them into MongoDB.

How to use the importer

If you want to run the importer yourself you must create your Marvel Developer Network Keys, and insert them in the marvel.js file.

Import characters, comics and creators:

node marvel.js

Import only 1 type of documents

node marvel.js |characters|comics|creators|series|events

Import everything

node marvel.js complete

Note: All Data provided by Marvel. © 2014 MARVEL

Importing the dump

If you don't want to use the Marvel importer, you can directly import a dump located in the ./data folder.

Fisrt unzip the comics.zip archive and then run the mongorestore command :

mongorestore -d comics ./data/comics

You can also import the data from the geo.zip archive :

mongorestore -d geo ./data/geo

Using the Node.js application

Prerequisites :

• NodeJS

Check your installation by running

node -v and npm -v

First of all, you need to download the application dependencies

npm install

To run the unit tests :

npm test

To run the application :

npm start and then go to http://localhost:3000

By default, the application uses the port 3000. You can change it by setting the PORT environment variable :

PORT=8080 npm start

By default, the application uses the default mongodb port (27017). You can change it by setting the MONGO_URL envirinment variable :

MONGO_URL=mongodb://localhost:50000/comics npm start