Local Development API Server

Usage

Get Restaurants

curl "http://localhost:1337/restaurants"

Get Restaurants by id

curl "http://localhost:1337/restaurants/{3}"

Architecture

Local server

• Node.js
• Sails.js

Contributors

• Brandy Lee Camacho - Technical Project Manager
• David Harris - Web Services Lead
• Omar Albeik - Frontend engineer

Getting Started

Development local API Server

Location of server = /server Server depends on node.js LTS Version: v6.11.2 , npm, and sails.js Please make sure you have these installed before proceeding forward.

Great, you are ready to proceed forward; awesome!

Let's start with running commands in your terminal, known as command line interface (CLI)

Install project dependancies

# npm i

Install Sails.js globally

# npm i sails -g

Start the server

# node server

You should now have access to your API server environment

debug: Environment : development debug: Port : 1337

Endpoints

GET Endpoints

Get all restaurants

http://localhost:1337/restaurants/

Get favorite restaurants

http://localhost:1337/restaurants/?is_favorite=true

Get a restaurant by id

http://localhost:1337/restaurants/<restaurant_id>

Get all restaurant reviews

http://localhost:1337/reviews/

Get a restaurant review by id

http://localhost:1337/reviews/<review_id>

Get all reviews for a restaurant

http://localhost:1337/reviews/?restaurant_id=<restaurant_id>

POST Endpoints

Create a new restaurant review

http://localhost:1337/reviews/

Parameters

{
    "restaurant_id": <restaurant_id>,
    "name": <reviewer_name>,
    "rating": <rating>,
    "comments": <comment_text>
}

PUT Endpoints

Favorite a restaurant

http://localhost:1337/restaurants/<restaurant_id>/?is_favorite=true

Unfavorite a restaurant

http://localhost:1337/restaurants/<restaurant_id>/?is_favorite=false

Update a restaurant review

http://localhost:1337/reviews/<review_id>

Parameters

{
    "name": <reviewer_name>,
    "rating": <rating>,
    "comments": <comment_text>
}

DELETE Endpoints

Delete a restaurant review

http://localhost:1337/reviews/<review_id>

If you find a bug in the source code or a mistake in the documentation, you can help us by submitting an issue to our Waffle Dashboard. Even better you can submit a Pull Request with a fix :)