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nishantr
nishantr
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Posted by nishantr
nishantr
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is database connection is necessary to build a REST API in express?

i am developing a weather app using express nodejs which fetches the data from openweathermap.org and displays the data in my application. is that necessary to connect my app to any database?

Patrick Mockridge
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Patrick Mockridge
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Patrick Mockridge
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Hi Nishantr, no if you aren't storing any data yourself you don't need your own database. It's only when you start needing to authenticate users with their own preferences et cetera but just making simple API requests to a client no you can just use Express on its own.