jellybeans1312 / byobackend

Creating my own backend with Express and Knex

Movies

Installation and Setup

From the command line:

1. git clone https://github.com/JellyBeans1312/byobackend <PROJECT_NAME>
2. Run npm install
3. Run nodemon server.js In your browser: Open localhost://3000/

Overview

A movie database with directors.

Technologies

• JavaScript / Node.js
• Express.js
• PostgreSQL
• Knex.js

Endpoints

url	verb	options	expected response
https://by-ob.herokuapp.com/api/v1/movies	GET	not needed	ARRAY of all movies currently in the database
https://by-ob.herokuapp.com/api/v1/directors	GET	not needed	ARRAY of all directors currently in the database
https://by-ob.herokuapp.com/api/v1/movies/:id	GET	not needed	OBJECT containing movie
https://by-ob.herokuapp.com/api/v1/directors/:id	GET	not needed	OBJECT of the specified director
https://by-ob.herokuapp.com/api/v1/movies/	POST		Add a new movie to the database, success response contains movie ID ``
https://by-ob.herokuapp.com/api/v1/directors	POST	{"firstName": , "lastName": }	Add new director; success response contains director ID
https://by-ob.herokuapp.com/api/v1/movies/:id	DELETE	not needed	Delete selected movie from the database
Note: All of these endpoints will return semantic errors if something is wrong with the request.