finished basic setup

Author: Maximilian Schwarzmüller

.gitignore

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+node_modules

README.MD

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+# Creating a RESTful API with Node.js
+This repository accompanies my YouTube video series on building a RESTful API with Node.js
+
+## Usage
+Check out the branch you're interested in (i.e. which belongs to the video in my series you just watched), ```git clone``` it and thereafter run ```npm install```.

app.js

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+const express = require('express');
+const app = express();
+
+app.use((req, res, next) => {
+    res.status(200).json({
+        message: 'It works!'
+    });
+});
+
+module.exports = app;

package-lock.json

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+{
+  "name": "rest-shop",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "description": "A Node.js RESTful API Tutorial Project (Build a simple shop API)",
+  "main": "index.js",
+  "scripts": {
+    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
+  },
+  "keywords": [
+    "node",
+    "restful",
+    "api"
+  ],
+  "author": "Maximilian Schwarzmüller",
+  "license": "ISC",
+  "dependencies": {
+    "express": "^4.16.2"
+  }
+}