Example of using Express to create a RESTful API with Node.js
This example is based on the Jersey API example from TD#5.
You are required to implement a service that exposes a RESTful API
to list, add, update and delete user records from a database using Express and Node.js.
You are provided with a reference implementation for a similar service that manages Todo lists.
The reference code provided is under services/todo.js.
Instead of using Google App Engine for storage, this example uses mock storage
services that export an API similar to TD#5's Store interface: getAll, get and save.
One way that this API differs, however, from TD#5's Store is that its functions
are non-blocking: (i.e.) they return immediately without waiting for any underlying I/O ops to complete.
Instead, these functions follow the JavaScirpt asynchronous tradition:
they are all passed a callback function which will be called upon completion of the requested operation
and passed any return values, including error flags/messages.
Like in the assignment from TD#5, we provided you with the mock storage service for users,
it is the node.js module found under stores/user.js.
To install on Ubuntu:
sudo apt-get install nodejs npm
To install on Windows or Mac OS X: Refer to https://nodejs.org/en/ for packaged installers.
cd path/to/clonned/git/repo
npm install
node app.js
On Ubuntu:
nodejs app.js