We will be building the API which we used in the Northcoders News Sprint during the Front End block of the course. Your mongoose models and a Database seed file have been done for you.
- Seed your database with the main seed file
$ node seed/seed.js - Build your express App
- Mount an API Router onto your app
- Define the routes described below
- Define controller functions for each of your routes
- Test your api! (Day two)
GET /api/topics
Get all the topics
GET /api/topics/:topic_id/articles
Return all the articles for a certain topic
GET /api/articles
Returns all the articles
GET /api/articles/:article_id/comments
Get all the comments for a individual article
POST /api/articles/:article_id/comments
Add a new comment to an article. This route requires a JSON body with a comment key and value pair e.g: {"comment": "This is my new comment"}
PUT /api/articles/:article_id
Increment or Decrement the votes of an article by one. This route requires a vote query of 'up' or 'down' e.g: /api/articles/:article_id?vote=up
PUT /api/comments/:comment_id
Increment or Decrement the votes of a comment by one. This route requires a vote query of 'up' or 'down' e.g: /api/comments/:comment_id?vote=down
DELETE /api/comments/:comment_id
Deletes a comment
GET /api/users/:username
Returns a JSON object with the profile data for the specified user.