- Node
- Express
- V8
- RESTful API
- GET
- POST
- req, res
- route parameters
- query parameters
- Postman
- body-parser
Download Postman. You'll be using this to verify that your routes are working properly.
Download nodemon
using npm i -g nodemon
.
Create a new folder and run npm init
to create your package.json
file.
Install npm packages: npm i --save express body-parser
Create a server that makes the following routes function properly.
- [POST]
/users
This route should save a new user to the server. (This is just in memory and will not persist if you restart the server.) - [GET]
/users
This route will return an array of all users. - [GET]
/users/:id
This route will return the user with the matchingid
property. - [GET]
/search?name=<query>
The query parameter passed to this route should specify the name of the user you are searching for. Return an array of all users whose names match the name provided. This search should not be case sensitive. - [DELETE]
/users/:id
This route should delete the specified user. Your user objects can take any form. Just ensure that they have anid
property. You can generate thisid
property on the server any way you like.