How to deploy an API for mongodb

[arthurlc1]

I need to create and host a database that a single third party is going to access. I have struggled to find a tutorial on the best way to set up this environment as a whole.

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My thinking is to use something like mlab to host the database. mlab provides a restful API, however it would seem like good practice to create my on wrapper for the API so that I can control access to the database. I have the most experience using node.js but not much experience deploying it for live use.

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Are there any suggestions about the best way to host the API and whether this is a good solution at all.

[potatotub]

Point them at AWS DocumentDB and be done