by Latravia Gordon
Build an API for a social network web application where users can share their thoughts, react to friends’ thoughts, and create a friend list. You’ll use Express.js for routing, a MongoDB database, and the Mongoose ODM.
User Story:
AS A social media startup I WANT an API for my social network that uses a NoSQL database SO THAT my website can handle large amounts of unstructured data
Acceptance Criteria:
GIVEN a social network API WHEN I enter the command to invoke the application THEN my server is started and the Mongoose models are synced to the MongoDB database WHEN I open API GET routes in Insomnia for users and thoughts THEN the data for each of these routes is displayed in a formatted JSON WHEN I test API POST, PUT, and DELETE routes in Insomnia THEN I am able to successfully create, update, and delete users and thoughts in my database WHEN I test API POST and DELETE routes in Insomnia THEN I am able to successfully create and delete reactions to thoughts and add and remove friends to a user’s friend list
- To install run
npm init -y,npm installthen install the dependencies: ExpressMongooseMongoDB
Then runnpm startto connect to the server.
There are no test for this application.
For any questions about the project, please contact me by either of the following links:
- Email = gordonlc18@gmail.com or visit my GitHub profile:
- GitHub - gordonlc18
This project is licensed under the MIT license.