zmedd/REST-blog

Blog REST API

Installation

• Install Node.js and MongoDB on your computer.
• Install project dependencies:

$ npm install

Usage

• Start the MongoDB service.
• Generate fake data for the database:

$ npm run populatedb

• Start the API server:

$ npm run serve

Examples

Get one blog post by permalink

$ curl http://localhost:3000/posts/permalink/Um-titulo-qualquer

Blog posts pagination (3 at a time):

$ curl "localhost:3000/posts?offset=0&limit=3" 
$ curl "localhost:3000/posts?offset=3&limit=3" 
$ curl "localhost:3000/posts?offset=6&limit=3" 

Add new author:

$ curl -d 'firstName=João&lastName=Silva' http://localhost:3000/authors 

All endpoints

Blog posts:

/posts [GET, POST]
/posts?offset={n}&limit={n} [GET]
/posts/{id} [GET, PUT, DELETE]
/posts/permalink/{permalink} [GET]

Comments:

/posts/{id}/comments [GET, POST]
/posts/{id}/comments?offset={n}&limit={n}&q={query} [GET]
/comments/{id} [GET, PUT, DELETE]

Authors:

/authors [GET, POST]
/authors?offset={n}&limit={n} [GET]
/authors/{id} [GET, PUT, DELETE]

Development scripts

$ DEBUG='blog-api:*' npm start
$ npm test
$ npm run lint