A store locator API that serves GeoJSON data. With a simple frontend demo using Mapbox for the UI.

• a back-end API using Express
• a front end using MapBox to work with the API
• Node-geocoder to convert addresses to geojson data
• Mongoose db to store converted geojson data
• Mongoose middleware for creating geojson fields
• Map Box to display geo json fields retrieved by the fetch API and plot locations.

Add your MONGO_URI and GEOCODER_API_KEY to the "config/config.env" file.

Install dependencies

npm install

Serve on localhost:5000

npm run dev (nodemon) or npm start

Routes

GET /api/v1/stores # Get Stores

POST /api/v1/stores # Add Store body { storeId: "0001", address: "10 main st Boston MA" }

Video Tutorial:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FQrFah9rnc

TIMESTAMPS:

• Intro - 0:22
• Create Database - 2:35
• Install Packages - 3:42
• Basic Server Setup - 5:40
• Routes - 9:23
• Stores Controller - 12:50
• Connect to Database - 15:32
• Create Store Model - 19:42
• Fetch Stores Function - 25:50
• Add Store Function - 28:38 (Status code should be "201" created instead of "200")
• Geocoder Setup - 35:04
• Create Mongoose Middleware - 39:40
• Create Static Folder For Frontend - 45:50
• Setup Mapbox - 49:50
• Plotting Points - 55:17
• Fetch Stores For Map - 1:00:37
• Add Store Page - 1:06:25
• Add Store Via Frontend - 1:09:30

Code:

https://github.com/bradtraversy/store...