Toy Tale

You got a friend in need!

Your friend Andy recently misplaced all their toys!

Help Andy recover their toys and get the toys back in the toy collection.

STEP 1: Create your server!

All of the toy data is stored in the db.json file. You'll want to access this data using a json server. In order to do this, run the following two commands:

  • npm install -g json-server
  • json-server --watch db.json
This will create a server storing all of our lost toy data with restful routes at http://localhost:3000/toys.

You can also check out http://localhost:3000/toys/:id

STEP 2: Fetch Andy's Toys!

On the index.html page, there is a div with the id "toy-collection"

When the page loads, make a 'GET' request to fetch all the toy objects. With the response data, make a <div class="card"> for each toy and add it to the toy-collection div.

STEP 3: Add toy info to the card!

Each card should have the following child elements:

  • h2 tag with the toy's name
  • image tag with the src of the toy's image attribute - needs a class name of "toy-avatar"
  • p tag with how many likes that toy has
  • button tag with an class of "like-btn"

After all if that - the toy card should resemble:

<div class="card">
  <h2>Woody</h2>
  <img src=toy_image_url class="toy-avatar" />
  <p>4 Likes </p>
  <button class="like-btn">Like <3</button>
</div>

STEP 4: Add a new toy!

  • When a user clicks on the add new toy button - a POST request is sent to http://localhost:3000/toys and the new toy is added to Andy's Toy Collection.
  • The toy should conditionally render to the page.
  • In order to send a POST request via Fetch, give the Fetch a second argument of an object. This object should specify the method as POST and also provide the appropriate headers and the JSONified data for the request. If your request isn't working, make sure your header and keys match the documentation.
POST http://localhost:3000/toys
headers: 
{
  "Content-Type": "application/json",
  Accept: "application/json"
}

body:
{
  "name": "Jessie",
  "image": "https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/p__/images/8/88/Jessie_Toy_Story_3.png/revision/latest?cb=20161023024601&path-prefix=protagonist",
  "likes": 0
}

STEP 5: Increase toy's likes!

When a user clicks on a toy's like button, two things should happen:

  • Conditionally increase the toy's like count
  • Send a patch request to the server at http://localhost:3000/toys/:id updating the number of likes that the specific toy has
  • Headers and body are provided below. If your request isn't working, make sure your header and keys match the documentation.
PATCH http://localhost:3000/toys/:id
headers: 
{
  "Content-Type": "application/json",
  Accept: "application/json"
}

body:
{
  "likes": <new number>
}