##How to use

Clone this repository

git clone https://github.com/johhansantana/nextjs-express-boilerplate.git

cd into it and install dependencies

cd nextjs-express-boilerplate
npm install // or yarn install

Start it by doing the following:

export MONGO_URL=*your mongodb url* // you can get one for free at https://www.mlab.com/home
npm run dev

Now you will have your api server running.

For now it only has 2 endpoints, which is a get / and a post /kitty.

If you navigate to http://localhost:3001/ you will see the list of kittens (an empty array if you haven't added one);

###Deploy with now

To deploy you will need a mongodb url.

If you don't want to expose your url in your code just create a secret with now secrets. More info.

Then do

now -e MONGO_URL=@secretName

or just do now and add your mongodb url to the index.js file.

###NextJS with Redux boilerplate

If you want to test this easily check my other repository [https://github.com/johhansantana/nextjs-redux-boilerplate] which connects to this api server, just run the two at the same time and make the necessary changes to the environment variables and endpoints to point to localhost.

Or check the demo [https://nextjs-express-boilerplate.now.sh/api/kittens]