Node.js CRUD API

This is just a minimalist API on which I implemented the CRUD on course management.

Features

With this API you will be able to:

• Create a course
• Read one or more courses
• Update a course
• Delete a course

Project setup

1. Install nodejs if you don't have it installed. If you are not sure, check it in the terminal, by typing type $ node -v or $ npm -v.

2. Clone the project from the terminal (type $ git clone https://github.com/Domeshow/Nodejs-CRUD-API) or you can download a ZIP file

3. Open the main directory of the project then type in the terminal the command below:

npm install 

This should install all the dependancies of the project.

Database setup

1. Go to Mongodb Platform and create a new cluster (create first an account if you don't have it). Note that you can use a local database using MongoDB Compass

2. Copy your connection string (You will use it to connect to your database).

3. Create a .env on the root of the project following the .env-example file and put required informations there

   # The port you want to use. By default is se to '3800' ...
   "PORT": "root", 
   
   # The connection string of your database. By default it is set to ''(empty)
   "DB_URL": "The connection string you copied"

Run the server

1. Go back again in the terminal and type the command below to run the API Server

npm start

2. Then open an API tester application (for exemple Postman) and test.

   Note: the base url for testing Endpoints is http://localhost:3800/api/ if the PORT still by default. You have just to add the method to call the API. for exemple to retrieve a course by his id you shoud send a GET request to the Endpoint http://localhost:3800/api/courseIdHere

Endpoints Documentation

Coming soon...