Task Management API

A simple RESTful Task Management API built with Express.js. This project provides a basic in-memory CRUD (Create, Read, Update, and Delete) API for managing various tasks.

Features

• List all tasks
• View a specific task by ID
• Create a new task
• Update an existing task
• Delete a task
• Logs incoming HTTP requests
• Validates task creation input

Installation

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/gh-aam/task-management-api.git

Go to project directory:

cd task-management-api

Install dependencies:

npm install

Usage

Start the server:

npm start

Or start in development mode (with hot-reloading via nodemon):

npm run dev

The server will start on http://localhost:3000.

API Endpoints

GET / - Welcome message
GET /tasks - Returns a list of all tasks
GET /tasks/:id - Returns a task by ID
POST /tasks - Creates a new task (Requires a JSON body)

{
  "title": "New Task",
  "completed": false
}

PUT /tasks/:id - Updates an existing task by ID (Requires a JSON body)

{
  "completed": true
}

DELETE /tasks/:id - Deletes a task by ID