cleverettgirl / express-sequelize-review

How to run this:

• npm install
• go to our models and see what our database should be named (look at the connection string)
• create the appropriate database in Postgres
• npm start (see the package.json for what this script is doing)
• use curl or Postman to make post, put and delete requests and add, mutate and destroy data
• go to the appropriate port (check out the app.listen to determine this) and see us statically serving a file
• go to specific GET routes (the browser only makes GET requests from the URL bar)
  • Follow our server to see what the routes should be named (app.js includes which files with what path)
  • You should see JSON objects as a result of these routes

How to make POST requests in Postman:

• Start in the Builder tab
• Choose the appropriate verb from the drop-down (POST)
• Where it says Enter request URL type localhost:3000/api/trains
• Below this, select Body
  • We are only parsing if it is urlencoded or json, so we need to choose one of these
  • With x-www-form-urlencoded selected:
    • type name in key and Thomas in value
    • type type in key and Train Engine in value
  • With raw selected:
    • In the orange drop-down to the right of raw choose JSON
    • type { "name":"Thomas", "type": "Train Engine" } This is JSON
• Click the blue Send button to the right of where you typed the URL
• You should see the response immediately below the Body form area
  • Select the response Body tab and Pretty tab and see the response as a JSON object which should have fullName (our virtual), id, name, type, updatedAt, and createdAt
• Now start experimenting on your own!