Goal

In this simulation the aim is to expose you to a real world backend architecture and also bundling using webpack.

• Learning to read architecture diagram in order to understand complicated structured code
• Handling REST API/HTTP status codes (401, 422)
• Using Mongoose
• Learning about self invoked async functions
• Using ES6 in node environment (export, import, etc)
• Working with external API
• Using authentication headers
• Getting to know Axios module

Running/Environment

• Make sure you fork this repository to your own Github, then clone it to your computer
• Install all the dependencies from package.json file using $ npm install
• Then, start the server by using $ npm start and not using $ node server.js
• There are automatic scripts that will run in the background and will compile all your files into one big file called ./build/server.js. It is NOT a file that you should be able to read.
• You have a file attached called Architecture.pdf that explains the architecture of the application, use it!

To Do

• Server is not even running (go to /health to monitor the server), check why
• Fixing access to /public folder
• Fixing all the errors that pops up in the console
• There are some database issues that avoid the server to start
• Fix authentication headers
• Add the ability to order by likes when searching photos (see the routes in the 'Available Routes' section)

Features

• Save each requested photo in the database - when a user requests a photo, save it using mongoose models. It means you should also build the schema and a model in the right files
• Add the ability to get/fetch a random photo through a new route http://localhost:8989/api/photos/random (read about random photo at Unsplash API: https://unsplash.com/documentation)

Available Routes & More

There are two main routes that are accessible and one you should create on your on:

1. http://localhost:8989/api/photos/search/<TERM> (Can add query params like: ?page=<PAGE>&orderBy=<ORDER_BY>). This route will search photos under the entered term

2. http://localhost:8989/api/photos/<PHOTO_ID> - will allow you to get more information about the photo

3. http://localhost:8989/api/photos/random - will give you a random photo from unsplash api, you should create this route yourself

There is a use within two APIs you can read about:

1. https://unsplash.com/documentation

2. https://www.thecolorapi.com/docs