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@loopback/example-todo

This is the basic tutorial for getting started with Loopback 4!

Overview

This tutorial demonstrates how to create a basic API for a todo list using LoopBack 4. You will experience how you can create REST APIs with just 5 steps.

todo-tutorial-overview

Setup

First, you’ll need to install a supported version of Node:

Additionally, this tutorial assumes that you are comfortable with certain technologies, languages and concepts.

  • JavaScript (ES6)
  • REST

Lastly, you’ll need to install the LoopBack 4 CLI toolkit:

npm i -g @loopback/cli

Tutorial

To follow this tutorial, begin with the Create your app scaffolding section.

Steps

  1. Create your app scaffolding
  2. Add your Todo model
  3. Add a datasource
  4. Add a repository
  5. Add a controller
  6. Putting it all together
  7. Bonus: Integrate with a geo-coding service

Try it out

If you’d like to see the final results of this tutorial as an example application, follow these steps:

  1. Run the lb4 example command to select and clone the todo repository:

    lb4 example todo

  2. Switch to the directory.

    cd loopback4-example-todo

  3. Finally, start the application!

    $ npm start

Server is running at http://127.0.0.1:3000

Feel free to look around in the application’s code to get a feel for how it works. If you’re interested in learning how to build it step-by-step, then continue with this tutorial!

Need help?

Check out our Slack and ask for help with this tutorial.

Bugs/Feedback

Open an issue in loopback-next and we’ll take a look.

Contributions

Tests

Run npm test from the root folder.

Contributors

See all contributors.

License

MIT