Heroku Example - Api Endpoint (Node.js version)

This simple project is for developer who want to create an mock api quickly for testing usage. In this demo, we will be looking at how to deploy your cool NodeJS app to Heroku. By the end of this demo, we will have a API Endpoint app running on a public domain that can be accessed by anyone.

Setup Step

1. Go to Heroku and sign up(https://signup.heroku.com/) an account
2. In this page, click Fork on the top right corner to clone a copy
3. Click deploy button to create application
4. Click Manage and Connect Github to Heroku

• Open Deploy tab and scroll to the Deployment method section
• Select GitHub as the method
• It will show a Connect to GitHub option where we can provide our GitHub repository Api-Endpoint. If you are doing it for the first time, Heroku will ask permission to access your GitHub account.
• Enable Auto Deploy button if you want Heroku detect your github data and upload to Heroku automatically

5. All done! Click View to see how's going on. Now you can edit Server.js for further usage based on your requirement

Example

https://king-api-endpoint.herokuapp.com/api-endpoint

var jsonContent = { 
    title: "title",
    imageUrl: "https://image.flaticon.com/icons/png/512/61/61456.png",
    contact: [ {id: 12345, name: "King Lai"},{id: 12346, name: "King Lai"}],
    show: true 
};

Example With Parameter

https://king-api-endpoint.herokuapp.com/api-endpoint-parameter?title=King

var titleRequest = request.query.title; // Change .title / .name or any text based on your parameter name

var jsonContent = { 
      title: titleRequest,
      imageUrl: "https://image.flaticon.com/icons/png/512/61/61456.png",
      contact: [ {id: 12345, name: "King Lai"},{id: 12346, name: "King Lai"}],
      show: true 
  };