to download and run this example:

1. // install meteor https://www.meteor.com/install
2. git clone https://github.com/domparise/meteor-backend-example.git
3. cd meteor-backend-example
4. meteor npm install
5. npm start // this will build the appropriate meteor dependencies and begin running the server/app

to build this project from scratch:

1. // install meteor https://www.meteor.com/install
2. meteor create --bare
3. cd
4. meteor npm install
5. meteor npm install --save babel-runtime // i guess?
6. mkdir server
7. // copy over index.js from this project into server/index.js
8. npm start

boom working restful API server built with meteor