diaz4674 / back-end

Table of Contents

• Welcome
• Tech Stack
• Tables & Routes

Welcome

Find the production server at: https://alabastraapp.herokuapp.com/

This is the HQ of The Legends of Alabastra MUD Build Weeks Team. Where all the magic happens ;)

Tech Stack

• Django was the Web framework used for rapid, secure, and clean design for the backend.
• Python was the programming language used to write the backend.
• PostgreSQL was implemented as the preferred choice for the database.
• Pusher was utilized to make server calls to the front end, so player's can receive real time feedback from other player's in the game.

Tables

Register New User

POST: https://alabastraapp.herokuapp.com/api/auth/register

Column	Type	Required	Unique
username	str	yes
email	str	yes	unique
password	str	yes

Login User

POST: https://alabastraapp.herokuapp.com/api/auth/login
When posted, it creates a session in the backend, and returns a token for the front end.

Column	Type	Required	Unique
username	str	yes
password	str	yes

Logout User

GET: https://alabastraapp.herokuapp.com/api/auth/logout
Logs the user out of the backend session (remember to clear the cookie/local storage if you set the token there).

Map's Data

GET: https://alabastraapp.herokuapp.com/map/
Return's the map's data for the front end to generate the player's map.

Merchant's Inventory

GET: https://alabastraapp.herokuapp.com/api/merchant/
This returns the merchant's inventory for players to buy weapons or trade gold for gems.

Receive every Item's Location

GET: https://alabastraapp.herokuapp.com/api/getItems/
This returns every item in the databases' location on the map.

Item in current player's position

POST: https://alabastraapp.herokuapp.com/api/items/
The requirements are to send that player's current x and y coordinates to seek if an item is in their current location.

Column	Type	Required	Unique
x	str	yes
y	str	yes

Player Picks up Item

POST: https://alabastraapp.herokuapp.com/additems/
The id sent has to be the player's id. The user can either encounter gold or gem when they find an item, so then what they find in the next row.

Column	Type	Required	Unique
id	str	yes
gold or gem	str	yes

Delete All Item's from the Map

GET: /api/bigbang/

Careful ^

This deletes all the items located in the map, from the database. Mainly used to add a new batch of Items.