Movie Library RESTful API

The server supports basic CRUD operations.

Movie Library RESTful API was developed using MongoDB, Express.js and Node.js.

Installation

Clone repository and install node modules:

$ git clone <repository url> <folder name>

$ cd <folder name>

$ npm install

Modify .env file for your environment and then run the following command:

$ npm run start

Also, you can initiate your database with a few records using the following command:

$ npm run import

But don't forget to modify it for your environment before execution.

This command will import data from movie-library-sample.json to your MongoDB.

Movie

Structure

Field	Data Type	Required	Restrictions
title	String	Required	No longer than 100 characters
year	Number	Required	No less than 1800 and no more than 3000
directors	Array of strings	Not required	Each string is no longer than 100 characters
writers	Array of strings	Not required	Each string is no longer than 100 characters
cast	Array of strings	Not required	Each string is no longer than 100 characters

Schema

const movieSchema = new mongoose.Schema({
  title: {
    type: String,
    maxlength: 100,
    required: true,
  },
  year: {
    type: Number,
    min: 1800,
    max: 3000,
    required: true,
  },
  directors: [
    {
      type: String,
      maxlength: 100,
    },
  ],
  writers: [
    {
      type: String,
      maxlength: 100,
    },
  ],
  cast: [
    {
      type: String,
      maxlength: 100,
    },
  ],
});

Example

{
  "title": "The Girl with Dragon Tattoo",
  "year": 2011,
  "directors": ["David Fincher"],
  "writers": ["Steven Zaillian", "Stieg Larsson"],
  "cast": ["Daniel Craig", "Rooney Mara", "Christopher Plummer"]
}

RESTful API

URL	HTTP Method	Body of Request	Response
/api/movies	GET	—	All movies
/api/movies	POST	JSON	Created movie
/api/movies/:id	GET	—	Movie with the given ID
/api/movies/:id	PUT	JSON	Updated movie
/api/movies/:id	DELETE	—	Deleted movie