mrzacsmith / web35-practice-be-cars

Simple backend with a deployed database to allow Lambda students to practice GET & POST using forms.

Cars backend (practice)

This is a practice backend for Web35 forms practice project for review of the weeks concepts. Database does not have any validation except what is listed below.

Installation

• React -> Use the new Lambda-React app, in terminal: npx lambda-react app-name
• Backend -> No installation is necessary, the server has been deployed on Heroku.
• If you would like to clone and deploy this backend, you will need a dotenv file that contains:
  • PORT=????
  • MONGO_URI=??????

Tech

Stack

• NodeJs
• ExpressJs
• MongoDB
• Heroku

Dependencies

• express
• mongoose
• helmet
• morgan
• cors
• colors

Dev-dependencies

• nodemon

URL and end points

Root URL: https://cars-be-practice.herokuapp.com/

HTTP method	end point
GET	/api/cars/
GET	/api/cars/:id
POST	/api/cars/

GET

The GET method returns the following object:

{
 {
  "_id": "5f6284499b888c3ec5b3c31b",
  "vin": "1234567891234567890",
  "make": "hyundai",
  "model": "santa fe",
  "year": 2018,
  "color": "blue",
  "mileage": 43567,
  "wrecked": false,
  "autoTrans": true,
  "doors": 4,
  "createdAt": "2020-09-16T21:31:53.565Z",
  "updatedAt": "2020-09-16T21:31:53.565Z",
  "__v": 0
}
}

POST

The POST method requires the following object:

{
	{
	"vin":"1234567891234567890",
	"make": "hyundai",
	"model": "santa fe",
	"year": 2018,
	"color": "blue",
	"mileage": 43567,
	"wrecked": false,
	"autoTrans": true,
	"doors": 4
}
}

Query the api

Use the key such that /api/cars?color=red to return on vehicles with color red, chain them together such as /api/cars?color=red&autoTrans=false

key	value
vin	vehicle id number
make	manufacturer
model	car model
year	manugacture year
color	car color
mileage	car mileage
wrecked	wrecked title
autoTrans	automatic transmission
doors	car door number

POST key:value

key	value	type	required	unique
vin	vehicle id number	string	true	true
make	manufacturer	string	true	false
model	car model	string	true	false
year	manugacture year	number	true	false
color	car color	string	false	false
mileage	car mileage	number	false	false
wrecked	wrecked title	boolean	false	false
autoTrans	automatic transmission	boolean	false	false
doors	car door number	numbers	false	false

Author info: npx mrzacsmith