API Server

To install and start the API server, run the following commands in this directory:

• npm install
• node server

Using The Server

Include An Authorization Header

All requests should use an Authorization header to work with your own data:

fetch(
    url,
    {
        headers: { 'Authorization': 'whatever-you-want' }
    }
)

You can use the BooksAPI.js file from the MyReads Project as a guide for designing your own API calls for this project.

Comment Counts

Posts retrieved in a list or individually now contain comment counts in the format post: { commentCount: 0 }. This should make it easier to display the number of comments a post has without having to call the comments endpoint for each post. This count is updated whenever a comment is added or deleted via the POST /comments or DELETE /comments/:id endpoints.

API Endpoint

The following endpoints are available:

Endpoints	Usage	Params
GET /categories	Get all of the categories available for the app. List is found in categories.js. Feel free to extend this list as you desire.
GET /:category/posts	Get all of the posts for a particular category.
GET /posts	Get all of the posts. Useful for the main page when no category is selected.
POST /posts	Add a new post.	id - UUID should be fine, but any unique id will work timestamp - [Timestamp] Can in whatever format you like, you can use Date.now() if you like. title - [String] body - [String] author - [String] category - Any of the categories listed in categories.js. Feel free to extend this list as you desire.
GET /posts/:id	Get the details of a single post.
POST /posts/:id	Used for voting on a post.	option - [String]: Either "upVote" or "downVote".
PUT /posts/:id	Edit the details of an existing post.	title - [String] body - [String]
DELETE /posts/:id	Sets the deleted flag for a post to 'true'. Sets the parentDeleted flag for all child comments to 'true'.
GET /posts/:id/comments	Get all the comments for a single post.
POST /comments	Add a comment to a post.	id - Any unique ID. As with posts, UUID is probably the best here. timestamp - [Timestamp] Get this however you want. body - [String] author - [String] parentId - Should match a post id in the database.
GET /comments/:id	Get the details for a single comment.
POST /comments/:id	Used for voting on a comment.	option - [String]: Either "upVote" or "downVote".
PUT /comments/:id	Edit the details of an existing comment.	timestamp - timestamp. Get this however you want. body - [String]
DELETE /comments/:id	Sets a comment's deleted flag to true.