### Start the API After installing `placeholder`, start the service by navigating to the directory you installed it in, and running: ``` PORT=3000 npm start; ``` The port number `3000` corresponds to the port you specified in `api.services.placeholder.url`. After installing `go-whosonfirst-libpostal`, start the service by navigating to the directory you installed it in, and running: ``` ./bin/wof-libpostal-server -port 8080 ``` The port number `8080` corresponds to the port you specified in `api.services.libpostal.url` (defaults to 8080). Now that the API knows how to connect to Elasticsearch and all other Pelias services, all that is required to start the API is: ``` npm start ```