This api is built to be used with a game where you need multiple deck of unique and custom cards, and also need to be able to draw a random card from any of the decks.
This api uses a local mongoose database at the moment, running on port 27017, but can be customized to use your own remote mongoose database.
GET: retrieves all deck objects at once.
POST: creates a new deck. The deck title is set by the body passing a value for title through the request. (req.body.deckTitle)
DELETE: clears out all deck objects. CANNOT BE UNDONE, YOU WILL LOSE ALL DECKS AND CARDS
GET: retrieves the deck item with the deck titled the custom deck named in the route
POST: Adds a new card object to the custom deck that is called in the route request. Populates the card object with cardTitle and cardContent from the request body (req.body.cardTitle, req.body.cardContent)
DELETE: Clears all of the cards from the custom deck specified in the route request. YOU WILL LOSE ALL CARDS IN THIS DECK, CANNOT BE UNDONE
GET: retrieves the card that is specified in the route request, that is in the custom deck specified in the route request
PUT: updates the entire reference of a specific card object in a specific deck. Will overwrite the title and content with values passed on through the request's body under the values of cardTitle and cardContent. Will even overwrite with blank/empty strings if no value is specified. (req.body.cardTitle, req.body.cardContent)
PATCH: updates the entire reference of a card object. Will overwrite the title and content with values passed on through the request's body under the values of cardTitle and cardContent. Will not overwrite with blank/empty strings if no value is specified. (req.body.cardTitle, req.body.cardContent)
DELETE: Will delete a specific card reference in a deck. *YOU WILL LOSE THIS CARD, CANNOT BE UNDONE
GET: retrieves a random card from the specified decks. There is an internal array in each deck to track and make sure cards are not drawn multiple times until the user chooses to reset the decks. DELETE: reset the index tracker, shuffling all used cards back into the named deck.