restify + mongoose

app.js

var restify = require('restify');
var mongoose = require('mongoose');

mongoose.connect('mongodb://localhost/spike');

var db = mongoose.connection;
db.on('error', console.error.bind(console, 'connection error:'));
db.once('open', function() {
  console.log('yay');
});

var Point = mongoose.model('Point', mongoose.Schema({
    x: Number,
    y: Number
  })
);

//var point = new Point({x: 2, y: 2});
//point.save();

function respond(req, res, next) {
  Point.find({}, function (err, points) {
    if(err) console.log(err);
    res.send(points);
    next();
  });
}

var server = restify.createServer();
server.get('/points', respond);

server.listen(8080, function() {
  console.log('%s listening at %s', server.name, server.url);
});

setup

brew install nodejs mongodb
npm install --save mongoose restify