A basic express REST API app using nodejs, mongoose, mocha and chai to administer a virtual library.
As a database i set up mongoose with a free account at Mlab.com - just for the sake of trying something new.
Also when running mocha tests, the app uses a different database, in order to make clear assumptions about what are we testing.
process.env.NODE_ENV = 'test';
The project exists as a way to better understand the nodejs/express environment and for me personally, to understand the testing method of mocha, chai, chaiHttp and chai.should().
git clone https://github.com/vaiulian/nodejs-rest-api-library.git
npm install
nodejs index.js
The app uses a simple form of authentification for all the API calls.
Basically a call should first be made to /login with the credentials usename and password. For simplicity credentials are hardcoded to iulianv and iulian1
This will return a token that has to be send for every other API call.
You could simply run cURLs commands:
- Get the token
curl -X POST -d '{"username" : "iulianv", "password" : "iulian1"}' -H "content-type:application/json" http://localhost:3000/
Demo token
_token_ = eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJleHAiOjE0NjgzNTk4NTE3MjJ9.1p93oIxwlID__S3jxJXjtUjHWgVYH7YZEGpDqPNVQlE
- Add a new Book
curl -X POST -d '{"title" : "Added book", "author" : "Added Author", "year":1998}' -H "content-type:application/json" -H "x-access-token:_token_" http://localhost:3000/api/books
- Retrive all Books
curl -X GET -H "content-type:application/json" -H "x-access-token:_token_" http://localhost:3000/api/books
- Retrive Book by _id
curl -X GET -H "content-type:application/json" -H "x-access-token:_token_" http://localhost:3000/api/books/:book_id
- Update Book by _id
curl -X PUT -d '{"title" : "Updated book"}' -H "content-type:application/json" -H "x-access-token:_token_" http://localhost:3000/api/books/:book_id
- Delete Book by _id
curl -X DELETE -H "content-type:application/json" -H "x-access-token:_token_" http://localhost:3000/api/books/:book_id
Or use mocha framework to test all at once. Make sure you have mocha globally installed first. Also make sure the server is not running. Run the following:
npm -g install mocha
mocha