Doesn't work

[radiantone]

|master ✓| → npm start

node-rest-starter@0.6.0 start xxxxx
node ./src/index.js

xxxx/api/src/config/mongoose.js:34
throw new Error(Unable to connect to database: ${mongoUri})
^

Error: Unable to connect to database: localhost
at NativeConnection. (xxx/api/src/config/mongoose.js:34:9)
at NativeConnection.emit (events.js:314:20)
at xxxx/api/node_modules/mongoose/lib/connection.js:809:37
at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:75:11)

[alexbaker2002]

following the instructions, you should have copied the .env file which will contain the settings for your database. You have to replace the string with your connection string in order to get mongoose to connect.