Express Project Readme

Introduction

This project is an Express application that demonstrates various features of Express, including requests, middleware, MongoDB integration, and more. The project includes a simple API for managing users and products.

Prerequisites

  • Node.js installed
  • MongoDB installed and running

Getting Started

  • Clone the repository
  • Install dependencies with npm install
  • Start the server with npm start
  • Access the API at http://localhost:3000

API Endpoints

Users

  • GET /api/users: Retrieve all users
  • GET /api/users/:id: Retrieve a user by ID
  • POST /api/users: Create a new user
  • PUT /api/users/:id: Update a user by ID
  • PATCH /api/users/:id: Partially update a user by ID
  • DELETE /api/users/:id: Delete a user by ID
  • Products
  • GET /api/products: Retrieve all products

Middleware

The project includes the following middleware:

  • express.json(): Parses incoming requests with JSON payloads

MongoDB Integration

The project uses Mongoose to interact with MongoDB. The User and Product models are defined in the models directory.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.