rider7 / mini-birds-mongojs

mini-birds-mongojs

Goal: Build a bird sighting API in Express using four common CRUD operations in MongoDB using MongoJS.

Sample Data

Note the following sample data, for sightings:

[{
  "name": "red breasted merganser", 
    "order": "Anseriformes", 
    "status": "least concern"
},
{
  "name": "cedar waxwing", 
  "order": "Passeriformes", 
  "status": "least concern"
},
{
  "name": "osprey", 
  "order": "Accipitriformes",
  "status": "extinct"
},
{
  "name": "snowy plover", 
  "order": "Charadriformes", 
  "status": "near threatened"
}]

Step 1: Clone the repo

Create your Express.js app by cloning this repository.

Step 2: Install the NPM modules

npm install

Step 3: Test it

Start your application by running:

node server.js

Test each of your endpoints in Postman with the following URLs:

• POST /api/sighting
• GET /api/sighting?region=america
• PUT /api/sighting?id=some-id
• DELETE /api/sighting?id=some-id

If everything's working, you'll see console output each time you hit your endpoints.

Step 4: Start mongod

Start the mongo daemon in a separate terminal window.

Step 5: Require and connect to Mongo

Now, require the MongoJS module, and create a database by connecting to it in server.js. Name your database birds.

HINT: Read the documentation

Step 6: Declare your sightings collection

Create a var that references a collection called sightings.

Step 7: Upgrade 'POST' endpoint to record a sighting

Upgrade your POST endpoint with code to create a sighting document from the body of the request. The body should include name, order, and status.

For steps 7 through 10, test each of your endpoints again. Note the sample data above for your tests.

Step 8: Upgrade 'GET' endpoint to retrieve a sighting

Modify the GET endpoint to retrieve all sightings with a given status, as stated in the request query.

Step 9: Upgrade 'PUT' endpoint to modify a sighting's order

Update your PUT endpoint to accept a body modifying an existing sighting's order field. Use the id parameter in the query string to identify the sighting to change.

Step 10: Upgrade 'DELETE' endpoint to delete a sighting

Update your DELETE endpoint to delete a sighting document by id in the query string.