Connect an API to a data source

package.json

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
     "loopback": "^2.5.0",
     "loopback-boot": "^2.2.0",
     "loopback-component-explorer": "^2.1.0",
+    "loopback-connector-mysql": "^1.4.7",
     "loopback-datasource-juggler": "^2.7.0",
     "serve-favicon": "^2.0.1"
   },

server/boot/create-sample-models.js

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+module.exports = function(app) {
+  app.dataSources.mysqlDs.automigrate('CoffeeShop', function(err) {
+    if (err) throw err;
+
+    app.models.CoffeeShop.create([
+      {name: 'Bel Cafe', city: 'Vancouver'},
+      {name: 'Three Bees Coffee House', city: 'San Mateo'},
+      {name: 'Caffe Artigiano', city: 'Vancouver'},
+    ], function(err, coffeeShops) {
+      if (err) throw err;
+
+      console.log('Models created: \n', coffeeShops);
+    });
+  });
+};

server/datasources.json

@@ -2,5 +2,14 @@
   "db": {
     "name": "db",
     "connector": "memory"
+  },
+  "mysqlDs": {
+    "name": "mysqlDs",
+    "connector": "mysql",
+    "host": "demo.strongloop.com",
+    "port": 3306,
+    "database": "getting_started",
+    "username": "demo",
+    "password": "L00pBack"
   }
 }

server/model-config.json

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     "public": false
   },
   "CoffeeShop": {
-    "dataSource": "db",
+    "dataSource": "mysqlDs",
     "public": true
   }
 }