Express MongoDB API

Description

A test REST API Express server for CRUD operations in MongoDB. This application will accept HTTP requests to several routes and respond to those requests with either a Create, Read, Update, or Delete (CRUD) operation from the connected MongoDB database.

How to install and run this application

Make sure Node Package Manager (NPM) is installed in your system. Navigate to the express-mongodb-api folder and use terminal to run the following command to build the application:

npm install

Once the application is built, run the application using the following command:

npm start

or alternatively:

nodemon src/index

The Database

The connected MongoDB database consistes of a collection users which contains documents with the following schema:

{
    first_name: STRING
    last_name:  STRING,
    email:  STRING,
    age: INTEGER,
    interest: [
        {
            name:  STRING,
            priority:  STRING
        }
    ]
}

All data outputted from this application will follow the above format as a JSON object.

Routes

The following are the list of routes and HTTP requests that can be sent to perform CRUD operation on the database:

Routes	HTTP Method	Description
/user	POST	Create a new user data
/user	GET	Display all user data
/user	DELETE	Delete all user data
/user/:id	GET	Display a user data specified by id
/user/:id	PUT	Update a user data specified by id
/user/:id	DELETE	Delete a user data specified by id

Notes

• The id of a user data can be found by sending a GET request to /user. Copy the ID on top of the document and paste it to the address bar of the request in order to access the last three routes of the above table -- Example:

http://localhost:3000/user/60e3bcb8d5f9a8002283f201

• For POST requests, input the new user data with the specified schema above inside the BODY of the POST request -- Example:

{
    "first_name": "Ibrahim",
    "last_name": "Fadhil",
    "email": "ibrafdj@gmail.com",
    "age": 23,
    "interest":[
      {
        "name": "Gaming",
        "priority": "High"
      },
      {
        "name": "Engineering",
        "priority": "High"
      },
      {
        "name": "Politics",
        "priority": "Medium"
      }
    ]
}

• For PUT requests, input only the properties to be updated inside the BODY of the POST request -- Example:

{
  "age": 24
}

Remote API

This API is available online hosted on Heroku at https://express-mongodb-api-test.herokuapp.com/