Communicating with REST APIs

To test the connection between our microcontroller and our REST API, please follow these steps:

1. Log in remotely to your Ubuntu server.
2. Navigate to an empty folder.

   Clone the GitHub repository for this book using the following CLI command:

   git clone https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Arduino-Data-Communications.git

3. Navigate into the API project folder for this chapter using the following CLI command:

   cd Arduino-Data-Communications/chapter-6/MyAPI/

4. Inspect the folder contents using the following command:

   ls -l

   You should have an output similar to the following.

Figure 6.1 – The folder contents

5. Feel free to read through any of the files to get a sense of what is contained in them. The package.json file contains the list of modules that we need to install. Install the dependencies by running the following command:

   npm install

6. Navigate to the routes folder using the following command:

   cd routes

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