/rest-middleware-code-sample

node.js code sample

Primary LanguageJavaScript

description

REST API middleware to a CMS.

So the client needed to automate data operation on a database but only CMS access was provided. Solution was a REST API middleware working on top of the CMS.

data manipulation workflow

  1. Get data as HTML making a GET request
  2. Extract data from HTML into JS object
  3. Modify data in JS object
  4. POST the data simulating a form submit

technologies

Node.js with Async/Await

Restify

cheerio

JSON