Connect your API to a data source

package.json

@@ -11,11 +11,12 @@
     "compression": "^1.0.3",
     "cors": "^2.5.2",
     "helmet": "^1.3.0",
+    "loopback": "^3.0.0",
     "loopback-boot": "^2.6.5",
     "loopback-component-explorer": "^2.4.0",
+    "loopback-connector-mysql": "^2.4.0",
     "serve-favicon": "^2.0.1",
-    "strong-error-handler": "^1.0.1",
-    "loopback": "^3.0.0"
+    "strong-error-handler": "^1.0.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "eslint": "^2.13.1",

server/boot/create-sample-models.js

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+'use strict';
+
+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

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     "public": false
   },
   "CoffeeShop": {
-    "dataSource": "db",
+    "dataSource": "mysqlDs",
     "public": true
   }
 }