Nodejs with MySQL

This is a demo mysql nodejs API for the tutorial How to create a MySQL application on Heroku on autoidle's blog. The tutorial demonstrates how to deploy a mysql application on Heroku for free.

Setup

1. Create a mysql database of your choice:

CREATE DATABASE <<database_name_here>>;

2. Create a .env file with all the variables as listed in ./.env.example and fill in their values respectively.

3. Run the start script

npm run start