Project Purpose: Development of a simple API that is able to store key-value pairs, and retrive the value given the key.

Endpoints:

• GET /object/{myKey}?timestamp=000000000 Retrieves the value given a key, at a specified time Params:

  • myKey: String - required. Key of the key-value pair
  • timestamp: UTC Unix Timestamp - optional. Latest value for provided key is received if not provided Returns:
  • JSON Object {value: RetrievedValue_ }

• POST /object Adds a key-value pair to the database

  • Payload: JSON Object {key: value} Returns:
  • JSON Object {key: key, value:value, timestamp:timestamp}

Used packages

• Hapi - API Backbone + Testing framework
• Joi - Validation library
• HapiSwagger - API Visualisation package
• Sequelize - Database access mechanism
• Postgres - Database