adiXcodr / mcctezu_backend

An API for handling GET/POST requests for the MCC TEZU Website

MCC TEZU BACKEND

An API for handling GET/POST requests for the MCC TEZU Website

Technologies used

• Python
• MongoDB
• FLASK

Live Server Status

http://mozcctuapi.herokuapp.com/status

Github Steps

Follow the steps for working on this repository strictly :

1. Fork the repository to your Github account
2. Copy the link (ends with a .git) of your forked repository
3. In a folder of your choice in your local machine, run git clone thelinkyoujustcopied.git
4. cd mcctezu_backend
5. git remote add upstream https://github.com/adiXcodr/mcctezu_backend.git
6. When ever you want to push your change, do git add . and git commit -m "did a change" and then do git pull upstream master. Then finally, do git push origin master.
7. After pushing, go to your forked repository on Github and create a pull request.

Steps to run the application

1. cd mcctezu_backend

2. pip install -r requirements.txt (only for the first time) then python app.py

3. To manipulate/view tables(collections) do python handle_tables.py

4. Add or Edit the routes and functions in the file run_model.py

Testing the API

1. Locally, eg: http://localhost:9999/run-model/add_members
2. With LIVE Heroku Server, eg: https://mcctezu-backend.herokuapp.com/run-model/add_members
3. Test the API with POSTMAN.

Example for FETCH NOTIFICATIONS :

• Set the URL TO https://mcctezu-backend.herokuapp.com/run-model/get_members to get all the members.
• Set the URL TO https://mcctezu-backend.herokuapp.com/run-model/get_members/<_id> to get a member for an ID.

Example Input for add_members and edit members (ALL FIELDS MUST BE SENT):

    { 
        "_id": 1, 
        "name": "Adittya Dey", 
        "dept": "CSE", 
        "linkedin": "somelink", 
        "phone": "somenumber", 
        "email": "someemail", 
        "image": "somelink",
        "interest": "Full Stack"
    }

Example Input for delete members (Send ID):

    { 
        "_id": 1
    }

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Example for GET EVENTS :

• Set the URL TO https://mcctezu-backend.herokuapp.com/run-model/get_events OR https://mcctezu-backend.herokuapp.com/run-model/get_events/ to get all the records.
• Set the URL TO https://mcctezu-backend.herokuapp.com/run-model/get_events/<event_name> to get record for specified event only.

Example input for ADD EVENTS :

• Set the URL TO https://mcctezu-backend.herokuapp.com/run-model/add_events INPUT:

    {
        "evt_name":"Codeathon",
        "evt_org":"MCC_TEZU",
        "evt_date":"04/09/2020",
        "evt_time":"3:00pm",
        "evt_venue":"Dean's Building",
        "evt_image":"none"
    }

Example input for UPDATE EVENTS :

• Set the URL TO https://mcctezu-backend.herokuapp.com/run-model/update_events INPUT:

    {
        "field": {
            "evt_name": "Code Hack"
        },
        "field_update": {
            "evt_org": "MCC_TEZU"
        }
    }

In field attribute give the column name to identify the record to update. In field_update specify the column to be updated and give the new value to it.

Example input for DELETE EVENTS :

• Set the URL TO https://mcctezu-backend.herokuapp.com/run-model/delete_events INPUT:

    {
    "evt_name":"Codathon"
    }

Specify the column to identify and delete the record.

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Example input for ADD NOTIFICATIONS :

• Set the URL TO https://mcctezu-backend.herokuapp.com/run-model/notifications/add INPUT:

    {
        "_id":3,
        "date":"27/04/2020",
        "title":"Events",
        "notification":"sample text"
    }

Example for FETCH NOTIFICATIONS :

• Set the URL TO https://mcctezu-backend.herokuapp.com/run-model/notifications/fetch OR https://mcctezu-backend.herokuapp.com/run-model/notifications/fetch/ to get all the records.
• Set the URL TO https://mcctezu-backend.herokuapp.com/run-model/notifications/fetch/<_id> to get record for specified notification by id.

Example input for UPDATE NOTIFICATIONS :

• Set the URL TO https://mcctezu-backend.herokuapp.com/run-model/notifications/update to Update Single Record

INPUT:

    {
        
        "_id": 3,
       "title": "NEW TITLE"
        
    }

In field attribute give the column name to identify the record to update. In update specify the column to be updated and give the new value to it.

Example input for DELETE NOTIFICATIONS :

• Set the URL TO https://mcctezu-backend.herokuapp.com/run-model/notifications/delete_one to Delete Single Record OR Set the URL TO https://mcctezu-backend.herokuapp.com/run-model/notifications/delete_many to Delete More Than One Records INPUT:

    {

        "_id": 3
    
    }

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Author

Adittya Dey

Rittik Dasgupta