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 install
then install the dependencies: Express
Mongoose
MongoDB
Then runnpm start
to 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 = [email protected] or visit my GitHub profile:
- GitHub - gordonlc18
This project is licensed under the MIT license.