Start the Orca Sightings service: a tutorial

To start the Orca Sightings service:

  1. Open a terminal window and cd to the location of the json-server app.
  2. Start the service by typing json-server orca-sightings-db.json. The service starts and lists some information to show it’s running.
   user@macbookair ~ % json-server orca-sightings-db.json
   
     \{^_^}/ hi!
   
     Loading orca-sightings-db.json
     Done
   
     Resources
     http://localhost:3000/users
     http://localhost:3000/sightings
   
     Home
     http://localhost:3000

Also see more Tutorials or the API reference.


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Copyright © 2025 Julie Brodeur (technical writer) and Jeff Naemura (subject matter expert). Distributed by an MIT license. This work is for educational and demonstration purposes only.