After installing MongoDB, start the daemon process for the MongoDB system.

# !/usr/bin/env bash

mongod

Keep the process running while running the application locally.

• Vendor ID as VENDOR_ID
• DB as DB_HOST

Use dotenv to pass in environment variables to run locally: require('dotenv').config()

Create .env file in the root directory of the project.

# .env file

# Vendor ID for Alexa Developer Portal
VENDOR_ID=M2LCJQMQ8K0T24

# Local MongoDB Database
DB_HOST=mongodb://localhost/skillAutomationdb

# !/usr/bin/env bash

# To delete all installed packages
npm clean

# To delete and reinstall all packages
npm reinstall