90s-Movie-API

This project creates a simple API focused in top 90's films.

Tools Used

Language

Javascript

Server Enviorment

Node.js

Framework

Express

DataBase

MongoDB

Getting Started

You'll need to install Node.js in your machine.

Once Node.js is installed, you should be also able to use npm (npm is a node package manager - which will help you install further required modules) which comes by default with Node.js

Please check that npm is installed successfully by running the following command on your terminal.

node -v

Set NODE

In order to setup the project on your local machine you need to run the following command on your terminal

npm install node

Install MongoDB

Please follow the steps to install MongoDB on your machine

Run the server

npm index.js or npm start

API endpoints

Business Logic	URL	HTTP Method	Request Body data Format	Response Body data Format
Retrieve a list of ALL movies	/movies	GET	-	{ "title": "Eyes Wide Shut","year": "1999","gender": "Thriller" }
Retrieve data about a single movie by TITLE	/movies/:title	GET	-	{ "title": "Lolita","year": "1962","gender": "Drama" }
Return data about a genre (description) by name (e.g., “Drama”)	/genre/:name	GET	-	{ "_id": 2,"name": "Drama","description": "The drama genre ..." }
Return data about a director (bio, birth year, death year) by name	/directors/:name	GET	-	{ { "_id": 4,"name": "James Cameron","bio": "James Francis Cameron was born ...", "placeOfBirth": "Kapuskasing, Ontario, Canada","birthDate": "1954-08-16T00:00:00.000Z" } }
Allow new users to register	/users/add	POST	{ userName: -REQUIRED-password: -REQUIRED- email: -REQUIRED-placeOfBirth: "",favoriteMovies: "" }	-
Allow users to update their user info by userName	/user/:userName	PUT	{ userName: -REQUIRED- password: -REQUIRED- email: -REQUIRED- placeOfBirth: -REQUIRED- }	-
Allow users to add a movie to their list of favorites by userName	/users/:userName/favMovies/:favoriteMovies	POST	-	-
Allow users to remove a movie from their list of favorites	/users/:userName/Movies/:favoriteMovies	DELETE	-	-
Allow existing users to deregister	/users/delete/:userName	DELETE	-	USER was deleted.