christylex3 / social-media-api

Social Media API

Description

This application is the backend for the social network web application where users can share their thoughts, add friends, and react to each others' thoughts.

Table of Contents

• Installation
• Usage
• Video
• Contribution
• Questions

Installation

The application does require dependencies, so enter this code (below) into the terminal and run it.

npm i

(Optional) Download Insomnia for backend functionality testing.

Usage

To make API call, type the following into your url after your port number:

User Requests

• GET /api/users - finds all users
• GET /api/users/:userId - finds a single user by their ID
• POST /api/users - creates a user (include username and email)
• PUT /api/users/:userId - updates a user's username or email
• DELETE /api/users/:userId - deletes a user and their associated thoughts by id

Friend Requests

• POST /api/users/:userId/friends/:friendId - user adds that friend
• DELETE /api/users/:userId/friends/:friendId - user deletes that friend

Thought Requests

• GET /api/thoughts - finds all thoughts
• GET /api/thoughts/:thoughtId - finds a single thought by their ID
• POST /api/thoughts - creates a new thought (include thoughtText, user's ID, and user's username)
• PUT /api/thoughts/:thoughtId - updates a new thought (thoughtText)
• DELETE /api/thoughts/:thoughtId - deletes a thought by ID

Reaction Requests

• POST /api/thoughts/:thoughtId/reactions - creates a reaction on the thought
• DELETE /api/thoughts/:thoughtId/reactions/:reactionId - deletes a reaction on the thought

Video

A video is provided to demonstrate the functionality of the Social Media API.

Contribution

No contributions needed.

Questions

If you have any questions and want to reach me, email me at [e-mail]. Also, you can check out my other work here.