MannyNR / Top-100-Superhero-Movies-API

A JSON API using Mongoose and Express on IMDB's Top 100 Superhero movies (as of 03/30/22)

Welcome to my IMBD's Top 100 Superhero Movies API

The Basics

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A JSON API following the CRUD standard, (Create Read Update Delete). Technologies used for this API were Node, MongoDB, Mongoose and Express. The API provides the Top 100 Superhero movies according to IMDB user: dmap-161-475937 (updated as of March 30, 2022).

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Getting Started

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Installation

1. First make sure to have the latest Node Package Manager Installed (NPM).

npm install npm@latest -g

2. Clone the repo in your desired folder

git clone https://github.com/MannyNR/Top-100-Superhero-Movies-API.git

3. Install NPM packages

npm install

4. Seed the data

npm run db:seed

5. Connect to server

npm run start

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API Reference

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Using a GUI program like Postman or for CLI users HTTPIE or CURL, you can create, read, update and delete documents in the database's collection.

http://localhost:3000/api/movies/

Get all Movies on the list:

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Create a new Movie and add to the list:

Keep in mind there are some required fields to create a new movie document:

{
  Position: { type: Number },
  Const: { type: String },
  Created: { type: Date },
  Modified: { type: Date },
  Title: { type: String, required: true },
  URL: { type: String, required: true },
  Title_Type: { type: String },
  IMDb_Rating: { type: Number, required: true },
  Runtime_mins: { type: Number },
  Year: { type: Number },
  Genres: { type: String },
  Num_Votes: { type: Number },
  Release_Date: { type: Date },
  Directors: { type: String },
};

Let's see our newly added superhero movie:

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Update/comment on an unfair spot for a great superhero movie:

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Deleting, because 101 Dalmatians is not a superhero movie...:

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Deployed on Heroku!

Link to deployed app