YittynNg / CRUD-REST-API

CRUD application in Node.js by using MEN stack

CRUD-REST-API

Building a CRUD App using Node, Express, Mongodb and Mongoose. CRUD application in Node.js by using MEN stack

REST API that can:

• request data from HTTP server (GET)
• send data to HTTP server and save in database (POST)

Sample client request:

• GET https://localhost:9000/[var]
• GET https://localhost:9000/[var]/[id]
• POST https://localhost:9000/[var]
• PATCH https://localhost:9000/[var]/[id]

Tools needed to build the API

• Web browser: Platform for client to request and send data
• Node.js: Runtime
• Express: Framework to maintain code
• MongoDB: Database
• POSTMAN: API tester (Download desktop version to test API)
• VSCode: Editor

Installation

1. Clone the repository
2. npm install express, npm install mongodb, npm install mongoose for production purpose
3. npm -g install nodemon --save-dev for development purpose

Create data

Insert body message as JSON format and follow database Schema (required for all), then POST https://localhost:9000/aliens

Read data

GET https://localhost:9000/aliens

GET https://localhost:9000/aliens/[id]

Update data

Insert updated body message as JSON format (not required for all), then PATCH https://localhost:9000/aliens/[id]