REST-API

In this project, you’ll create a REST API using Express. The API will provide a way for users to administer a school database containing information about courses: users can interact with the database by retrieving a list of courses, as well as adding, updating and deleting courses in the database. In addition, the project will require users to create an account and log-in to make changes to the database. In a future project, you'll complete your full stack JavaScript application by using React to create a client for your REST API. To complete this project, you’ll use your knowledge of REST API design, Node.js, and Express to create API routes, along with the Sequelize ORM for data modeling, validation, and persistence. To test your application, you'll use Postman, a popular application for exploring and testing REST APIs.

Overview of the Provided Project Files

We've supplied the following files for you to use:

• The seed folder contains a starting set of data for your database in the form of a JSON file (data.json) and a collection of files (context.js, database.js, and index.js) that can be used to create your app's database and populate it with data (we'll explain how to do that below).
• We've included a .gitignore file to ensure that the node_modules folder doesn't get pushed to your GitHub repo.
• The app.js file configures Express to serve a simple REST API. We've also configured the morgan npm package to log HTTP requests/responses to the console. You'll update this file with the routes for the API. You'll update this file with the routes for the API.
• The nodemon.js file configures the nodemon Node.js module, which we are using to run your REST API.
• The package.json file (and the associated package-lock.json file) contain the project's npm configuration, which includes the project's dependencies.
• The RESTAPI.postman_collection.json file is a collection of Postman requests that you can use to test and explore your REST API.

Getting Started

To get up and running with this project, run the following commands from the root of the folder that contains this README file.

First, install the project's dependencies using npm.

npm install

Second, seed the SQLite database.

npm run seed

And lastly, start the application.

npm start

To test the Express server, browse to the URL http://localhost:5000/.