muxahuk / test-task

Test task

A task that was given to me by a company to apply for a position.

Installation:

1. npm install
2. npm start

Environment variables:

1. PORT - sets port on witch server to be listening on. Default 3000
2. HOST - sets host on witch server will be working on. Default localhost
3. PG_CONNECTION_URL - postgres database connection url (https://jdbc.postgresql.org/documentation/80/connect.html)
4. DOTENV_PATH - patch to .env file (https://www.npmjs.com/package/dotenv) [You can set env variables throught this file]. When runing tests you can set same variable to point to different file for tests.
5. NODE_ENV - node environment. When running on production needs to be set to "production". In other cases provides extra information (stack trace) on error responses.

Available routes:

1. GET /user - replies with 200 status code and json all the users found in table
2. GET /user/:login - replies with 200 and json user if found or error 'No such user' otherwise
3. POST /user - creates new user. Body parameters: login, email, name and age. Relies with 200 and json new user created or error if login already taken by other user.
4. PUT /user/:login - modifies the existing user. Body parameters: email, name and age. Replies with 200 and json modified user if found or error 'No such user' otherwise
5. Any unmached rout - replies with 404 and json body with error Not Found.
6. If error occurs - replies with 500 and json body with error message.

• Body can be send with Content-Type: application/json or application/x-www-form-urlencoded