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@loopback/example-express-composition

This is an example of how to mount LoopBack 4 REST API on a simple Express application.

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.

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

npm i -g @loopback/cli

Once you’re ready to start, you can begin by visiting the tutorial page.

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

Run the lb4 example command to select and clone the express-composition repository:
```
lb4 example express-composition
```
Jump into the directory and then install the required dependencies:
```
cd loopback4-example-express-composition
```

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.

Run npm test from the root folder.

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