REST API Assign

In this assignment we will be writing a simple REST API. Both GET and POST methods will be used

#Steps

1. Fork and clone the repo. See the last assign for detailed steps.
2. Complete the assigned coding tasks
3. Submit Pull Request

Assignment

For this assignment you will be writing a simple REST API. You will need 3 API routes (URL's) 2 GET routes and 1 POST route. All the routes will return JSON formated data.

Using the express framework you will need the following routes:

###/api A HTTP GET request will return any JSON formated data. Typically this would be a validation message to make sure the user is accessing the API correctly

###/api/data A HTTP GET request should return a JSON object with a data property and some fake data.

A HTTP POST request should return a JSON object with a query property containing the data request.

An example for the HTTP POST request: POST data:

{"data" : "QueryGoesHere" }

The API would return:

{"query" : "QueryGoesHere"}

#Tips

• As always, npm install 😛
• Use body-parser middleware to retrieve the post data.
• The body-parser will need to use both bodyParser.json() and bodyParser.urlencoded({extended: true})
• Use npm start to start the server. This will use a command line tool called nodemon. Nodemon will watch for changes in the project folder and restart the server AUTOMATICALLY when you save a file. 😄
• Use ````npm test``` to run the tests.