Bookstore

An API for a bookstore using Express and MongoDB with Mongoose. This project is used to test the compatibility of express with Bun. You will find the Node.js version in the main branch and the version for Bun in the branch feature-migrate-to-bun.

Features

This API includes the following features:

Feature	Info
ORM Integration	Mongoose
Logging	Winston
Logging of the HTTP-Requests	Morgan
Validations	Joi
Secure application by setting HTTP-Headers	Helmet
Response Compression	Compression
Error Handling	Own Error Handler

Installation

Install the dependencies

npm install

Create a .env file with the following properties:

• URL to a running MongoDB.

database_url="<url>"

Running the app

To run the app locally:

npm run dev

To run the minified version of the app:

npm run build
npm run prod

Sending API requests

Books

Creating a Book

Property	Value
Endpoint	/api/v1/books
Method	POST
Body	Book & Author
Response	Created Book

{
    "title": "<title",
    "isbn": "<isbn></isbn>",
    "author": {
        "name": "<full name>"
    }
}

Read all Books

Property	Value
Endpoint	/api/v1/books
Method	GET
Body	-
Response	All books

Read a Book

Property	Value
Endpoint	/api/v1/books/{id}
Method	GET
Body	-
Response	Book

Read Books by its Author

Property	Value
Endpoint	/api/v1/books?author=
Method	GET
Body	-
Response	Books by Author

Read Author of Book

Property	Value
Endpoint	/api/v1/books/{id}/author
Method	GET
Body	-
Response	Author

Update a Book

Property	Value
Endpoint	/api/v1/books/{id}
Method	PUT
Body	Book & Author
Response	Updated Book

{
    {
    "title": "<Updated Title>",
    "author": {
        "name": "<Updated Author>"
    }
}
}

Delete a Book

Property	Value
Endpoint	/api/v1/books/{id}
Method	DELETE
Body	-
Response	-

Authors

Creating a Author

Property	Value
Endpoint	/api/v1/authors
Method	POST
Body	Author
Response	Created Author

{
    "name": "<full name>"
}

Read all Authors

Property	Value
Endpoint	/api/v1/authors
Method	GET
Body	-
Response	All authors

Read an Author

Property	Value
Endpoint	/api/v1/authors/{id}
Method	GET
Body	-
Response	Authors

Update an Author

Property	Value
Endpoint	/api/v1/authors/{id}
Method	PUT
Body	Author
Response	Updated Author

{
    "name": "<updated name>"
}

Delete an Author

Property	Value
Endpoint	/api/v1/authors/{id}
Method	DELETE
Body	Author
Response	-