GDSC-UIT/Sowaste_GDSC_Hackathon_BE

GDSC-Hackathon-BE

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Golang Gin REST API

This is a simple REST API built with Golang (Gin framework) that allows users to create, read, update, and delete collection in database.

Dependencies

This project requires the following dependencies to be installed:

• Golang (https://go.dev/)
• Gin framewrok (for handling HTTP requests) (https://github.com/gin-gonic/gin)
• MongoDB Go driver (for connecting to MongoDB database) (https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-go-driver)

Installation

1. Clone this repository to your local machine

2. Install the dependencies using go modules. Run the following command in the root directory of the project:

   go get ./...

Configuration

1. Create a .env file in the root directory of the project and add the following variables:

   DB_DATABASE=<your_mongodb_database>
   DB_USERNAME=<your_mongodb_username>
   DB_PASSWORD=<your_mongodb_password>
   MONGO_URI=<your_mongodb_uri>
   PORT=<port_number>

2. Whenever you make a .env file update, use the following command to activate the latest values:

   source .env

Usage

1. Run the server by running the following command in the root directory of the project:

   go run main.go

   or

   go run .

2. Create a dictionary by sending a POST request to http://localhost:<port_number>/api/dictionaries

   Sample request:

   {
     "name": "Cigarette",
     "is_organic": false,
     "recyable": false,
     "description": "Lorem ipsum",
     "short_description": "Lorem",
     "uri": "/cigarette",
     "display_image": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Bouteille.jpg/800px-Bouteille.jpg"
   }
   

   Sample response:

     {
       "data": {
           "dictionary": {
               "_id": "63e655f9971e6433d30f60b5",
               "name": "Cigarette",
               "recyable": false,
               "is_organic": false,
               "short_description": "Lorem",
               "description": "Lorem ipsum",
               "uri": "/cigarette",
               "lessons": [],
               "quizzes": [],
               "display_image": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Bouteille.jpg/800px-Bouteille.jpg"
           },
           "result": {
               "InsertedID": "63e655f9971e6433d30f60b5"
           }
       },
       "message": "Successfully created a dictionary"
     }

3. Retrieve a student by sending a GET request to http://localhost:<port_number>/api/dictionaries/{id}: Sample response:

   
   {
     "data": {
         "_id": "63f280900ca14a2a55479921",
         "name": "Food Waste",
         "recyable": true,
         "short_description": "Test",
         "description": "Test",
         "uri": "/food-waste",
         "display_image": "https://s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/a7ce953b-0a25-49eb-b7f5-6abcf218781e/Untitled.png"
     },
     "message": "Successfully get the dictionary with id 63f280900ca14a2a55479921"
   }
   
   

4. Update a student by sending a PUT request to http://localhost:<port_number>/api/students/{id}

   Sample request:

   {
      "content": "This is my updated gib!"
   }
   
   

   Sample response:

   {
      "id": "5ec53edd34bdcf9feaa65731",
      "content": "This is my updated gib!"
   }
   
   

5. Delete a Dictionary by sending a DELETE request to http://localhost:<port_number>/api/dictionaries/{id}

   Sample response:

   {
     "data": null,
     "message": "Successfully deleted the dictionary with id 63c3c639de070156bad623eb"
   }