Denver Historical Buildings

A RESTful API to host a database of historic buildings in Denver, CO.

Endpoints and HTTP Requests

Endpoints available (e.g. GET /api/v1/students, POST api/v1/students)

What parameters can be used in certain requests (e.g. For a POST request, what should be put in the request body?)

Sample responses from endpoints (What does the response object look like for a request?)

Historic Districts

GET /api/v1/districts

• This will return an array of all the districts

GET /api/v1/districts/:id

• id is an integer
• Sample request: /api/v1/districts/3
• Sample response yields the district with that id:

[{"id":3,
    "name":"Downtown Denver",
    "created_at":"2018-03-30T02:50:42.663Z",
    "updated_at":"2018-03-30T02:50:42.663Z"}]

GET /api/v1/districts/:id/buildings

• id is an integer
• Sample request: /api/v1/districts/5/buildings
• Sample response yields all the buildings in the district with that id:

[{
  "id":8,
  "ldmk_num":280,
  "ldmk_name":"Kinneavy Terrace",
  "aka_name":null,
  "ord_num":430,
  "ord_year":1997,
  "address_line1":"2700-2714 Stout Street, 721-727 27th Street",
  "address_line2":null,
  "situs_num":2700,
  "situs_st":"Stout",
  "situs_type":"ST",
  "historic_dist":5,
  "state_hist_num":null,
  "year_built":"c. 1888",
  "arch_bldr":null,
  "document":null,
  "photo_link":"yes",
  "notes":null,
  "gis_notes":null,
  "description":null,
  "address_id":null,
  "created_at":"2018-03-27T22:03:56.670Z",
  "updated_at":"2018-03-27T22:03:56.670Z",
  "situs_dir":null 
 }]

Admin-Only Endpoints

The following district endpoints require token authentication:

POST /api/v1/districts

• Sample request:

[{ "token": "343olkdal.9jglada.2oagl2k4tkla",
   "name":"Downtown Denver" }]

• Sample response yields the new id

DELETE /api/v1/districts

• Sample request:

[{ "token": "343olkdal.9jglada.2oagl2k4tkl",
   "id":"55" }]

• Sample response: You deleted district 55

Historic Buildings

GET /api/v1/buildings

• Response is an array of ALL the building objects, i.e. 300+ of these:

[
  {
    "id": 1,
    "ldmk_num": 93,
    "ldmk_name": "1437 High Street",
    "aka_name": "Watson House",
    "ord_num": 293,
    "ord_year": 1976,
    "address_line1": "1437 High Street",
    "address_line2": null,
    "situs_num": 1437,
    "situs_st": "High",
    "situs_type": "ST",
    "historic_dist": 1,
    "state_hist_num": "5DV.5811",
    "year_built": "1894",
    "arch_bldr": null,
    "document": null,
    "photo_link": "yes",
    "notes": null,
    "gis_notes": null,
    "description": null,
    "address_id": null,
    "created_at": "2018-03-29T17:45:23.959Z",
    "updated_at": "2018-03-29T17:45:23.959Z",
    "situs_dir": null
  },
...
]

GET /api/v1/buildings/:id

• id is an integer
• Sample request: /api/v1/buildings/188
• Sample response:

[{
  "id":188,
  "ldmk_num":311,
  "ldmk_name":"Denver Union Station",
  "aka_name":null,
  "ord_num":705,
  "ord_year":2004,
  "address_line1":"1701-1777 Wynkoop Street",
  "address_line2":null,
  "situs_num":1701,
  "situs_st":"Wynkoop",
  "situs_type":"ST",
  "historic_dist":9,
  "state_hist_num":"5DV.114",
  "year_built":"1881, 1894 and 1914",
  "arch_bldr":null,
  "document":null,
  "photo_link":"yes",
  "notes":null,
  "gis_notes":null,
  "description":null,
  "address_id":null,
  "created_at":"2018-03-30T02:50:42.750Z",
  "updated_at":"2018-03-30T02:50:42.750Z",
  "situs_dir":null
 }]

Admin-Only Endpoints

The following building endpoints require token authentication:

POST /api/v1/buildings

• Parameters

         Name    |   Type
         `token` | <Your JSON Web Token> (Required)
// All of the following parameters are optional
// Any parameters not specified default to `null`
      `ldmk_num` | `float`
     `ldmk_name` | `string`
      `aka_name` | `string`
       `ord_num` | `integer`
      `ord_year` | `integer`
 `address_line1` | `string`
 `address_line2` | `string`
     `situs_num` | `integer`
      `situs_st` | `string`
    `situs_type` | `string`
 `historic_dist` | `integer`
`state_hist_num` | `string`
    `year_built` | `string`
     `arch_bldr` | `string`
      `document` | `string`
    `photo_link` | `string`
         `notes` | `string`
     `gis_notes` | `string`
   `description` | `string`
    `address_id` | `integer`

• Sample request:

fetch('https://denver-history.herokuapp.com/api/v1/buildings', {
  method: POST,
  headers: {
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
  },
  body: {
    token: <Your Access Token>,
    aka_name: 'Chez Louisa',
    address_line1: '21 Jump St',
    historic_dist: <Corresponding district id>,
    description: 'Simply the best place ever'
  }
})

• Sample object created in the database:

[
  {
                "id": 5,
          "ldmk_num": null,
         "ldmk_name": null,
          "aka_name": "Chez Louisa",
           "ord_num": null,
          "ord_year": null,
     "address_line1": "21 Jump St",
     "address_line2": null,
         "situs_num": null,
          "situs_st": null,
        "situs_type": null,
     "historic_dist": 3,
    "state_hist_num": null,
        "year_built": null,
         "arch_bldr": null,
          "document": null,
        "photo_link": null,
             "notes": null,
         "gis_notes": null,
       "description": 'Simply the best place ever',
        "address_id": null,
        "created_at": "2018-03-29T17:45:23.959Z",
        "updated_at": "2018-03-29T17:45:23.959Z",
         "situs_dir": null
  }
]

• Sample response: You made a building with an id of 5

PATCH /api/v1/buildings/:id/description

• Sample request:

fetch('https://denver-history.herokuapp.com/api/v1/buildings/3/description', {
  method: PATCH,
  headers: {
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
  },
  body: {
    token: <Your Access Token>,
    id: 3,
    description: 'Simply the best place ever'
  }
})

• Sample response: Description changed successfully

PATCH /api/v1/buildings/:id/aka_name

• Sample request:

fetch('https://denver-history.herokuapp.com/api/v1/buildings/3/aka_name', {
  method: PATCH,
  headers: {
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
  },
  body: {
    token: <Your Access Token>,
    id: 3,
    aka_name: 'Reption Desk'
  }
})

• Sample response: aka_name changed successfully on 3

DELETE /api/v1/buildings

• Sample request:

fetch('https://denver-history.herokuapp.com/api/v1/buildings', {
  method: DELETE,
  headers: {
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
  },
  body: {
    token: <Your Access Token>,
    id: 3,
  }
})

• Sample response: You deleted building 3

Custom Search of Buildings

GET /api/v1/search?key=value

• key parameter is a string representing a key from the above building objects
• value parameter represents the value you are searching for
• Sample request: /api/v1/search?ldmk_name=Denver+Union+Station
• Sample response:

  [{
    "id":188,
    "ldmk_num":311,
    "ldmk_name":"Denver Union Station",
    "aka_name":null,
    "ord_num":705,
    "ord_year":2004,
    "address_line1":"1701-1777 Wynkoop Street",
    "address_line2":null,
    "situs_num":1701,
    "situs_st":"Wynkoop",
    "situs_type":"ST",
    "historic_dist":9,
    "state_hist_num":"5DV.114",
    "year_built":"1881, 1894 and 1914",
    "arch_bldr":null,
    "document":null,
    "photo_link":"yes",
    "notes":null,
    "gis_notes":null,
    "description":null,
    "address_id":null,
    "created_at":"2018-03-30T02:50:42.750Z",
    "updated_at":"2018-03-30T02:50:42.750Z",
    "situs_dir":null
  }]
  

Admin Authentication

You can post directly to the server in order to get your token.

POST /authenticate

• Sample request:

  { "email": "louisa.robbie@aol.com", 
    "appName": "Reption" }

• Sample response: { "token": "824kgalkd.o3ofalfa.2oodfkdflfl1292349" }

Happy fetching!