Solve nonlinear 2nd order ODE numerically

I need to solve the following nonlinear 2nd order ODE, that is, find such that
1-x=-\frac{y''(x)}{(1+(y'(x))^2)^{{3/2}}
I tried using
>> syms y(x)
>> ode = -diff(y,x,2)/(1+(diff(y,x))^2)^(3/2) == 1-x;
>> ySol(x) = dsolve(ode)
but it doesn't work since apparently there is no anaylitical solution (if I rearrange the terms it does find a system of complex solutions, but I think the it is not right).
Isn't there a command to solve ODEs numerically? I am expeting something like the family of plots from here https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=f%27%27%28t%29%2F%28%281%2B%28f%27%28t%29%29%5E2%29%5E%283%2F2%29%29+%3D+-%281-0.25t%29
Many thanks oin advance!

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What are your initial/boundary conditions for y ?
My idea was to screen these conditions to find one that satisfies my problem.

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You can follow the example here
and try something like this:
tspan = [0 1.15];
y0 = [1 0]; % initial condition
[t,y] = ode45(@(t, y) odefcn(t, y), tspan, y0);
plot(t, y(:,1)), grid on, xlabel('t')
function dydt = odefcn(t, y)
dydt = zeros(2,1);
c = 0.25;
dydt(1) = y(2);
dydt(2) = - (1 - c*t)*(1 + y(2)^2)^(3/2);
end

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function pvb_pr13
tspan=[0 1.5];
y0=[1 0];
[x,y]=ode45(@fct,tspan,y0);
figure(1)
hold on
plot(x,y(:,1),'r-')
grid on
function yp=fct(x,y)
c=0.25;
yp=[y(2);-(1-c*x)*((1+(y(2))^2)^(3/2))];
end
end

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