BooksApi

REST API created in NodeJs using Express for Displaying,Storing,Updating Books Records stored on MongoDB.

Technology Stack Used

1. NodeJS (Express)

Packages Used

1. Express npm install --save express
2. dotenv npm install --save dotenv
3. mongoose npm install --save mongoose
4. jsonwebtoken npm install jsonwebtoken
5. nodemon npm install --save-dev nodemon

How to use

1. First, install all the dependencies using npm install
2. Edit package.json

    "scripts": {
    "start": "nodemon index.js"
    }

3. Then Create a .env file, and add

USER_NAME: admin
PASSWORD: admin123
ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET: UNIQUE_KEY

4. To create unique key, open terminal and type node, then,

require('crypto').randomBytes(16).toString('hex')

5. To start the Server

npm start

6. You need to have jwt token to add books, update records, and delete records.
7. To get the JWT Token.

• Make a POST Request to /login, which will return accessToken, this will expire in 30 minutes.
• Add Authorization in Header section to make POST Requests.

  "authorization": "Bearer ${token}"