GETDEV - Book API

This an Rest API for a bookstore, with mobile applications in the pipeline. The purpose of this API is so that Users can view and rate books, whilist allowing the bookstore management view, create, update and remove books as well as apply ratings.

FEATURES

Authenticated Users can:
- Create a book listing
- Retrieve all book listings
- Retrieve a single book
- Update a book
- Remove a book
- Modify ratings
Unauthenticated Users can:
- View all book listings
- View a single book
- Rate a book

PROJECT STRUCTURE

Project Root/
│
├── functions/
│   ├── config.js
│   ├── db.js
|   ├── passport.js
│   └── validator.js
│
├── models/
|   ├── Book.js
|   └── User.js
│
├── node_modules/
│
├── routes/
|   ├── auth.js
│   ├── book.js
│   └── user.js
|
├── tests/
|   ├── auth.js
│   ├── book.js
│   └── user.js
|
├── .env
├── .gitignore
├── index.js
├── package-lock.json
├── package.json
└── README.md

File Structure

functions/
This folder contains helper functions that runs on the server.

models/
Contains mongoose Models

node_modules/
Required dependancies are installed here.

routes/
App routes for user registeration, login, book crud and authorization policies.

tests/
Quality tests for the project.

.gitignore
A standard .gitignore file for ignoring files/folders from being added the repo.

index.js
This is the main file for the server.

package.json
Define project settings in this file. All dependancies are listed here too.

README.md
The project readme.

SETUP

The project was developed using:

NodeJS - v10.11.1
NPM - v6.4.1
ExpressJS
Passport
Mongoose
Morgan
Body Parser
CORS
MongoDB(Using MLAB)

CONFIGURATION

NodeJS ~10.11.1 and MongoDB are required.

Clone this repo to your machine. Once complete, you can run npm i to install the dependencies.

Create an environment file .env for storing variables.

JWT_SECRET=#############
PORT=3000
MLAB_USERNAME=##########
MLAB_PASSWORD=############
BCRYPT_SALT_ROUNDS=10(default)

You can change the port for the app, although the default is 3000.

Also to persist the user's data, the default database setup is MongoDB, you can use other databases.

ENDPOINTS

Authorization

Your token is the value of "token" in the json response. This must be included as an Authorization header in all subsequent requests.

POST http://localhost:3000/auth/login

Query Parameters:

Parameters	Type	Description
Email	String	The registered email address of the user (required)
Password	String	The registered password of the user (required)

Response data:

{
  "user": { "data": "user" },
  "token": "eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.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.nZWpUONpSpANEUfWzOnRKjKZv1b1aSYAV2Z3RKKoQLA"
}

Authorization Header:

Bearer eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJhZGRyZXNzIjp7InN0cmVldCI6IjE2IEFtb2tlIFNob2RlcnUgU3RyZWV0IEFydW5hIElrb....

User profile

Your token is the value of "token" in the json response. This must be included as an Authorization header in all subsequent requests.

GET http://localhost:3000/user/profile

Sample Response:

{
  "address": {
    "street": "10 Radison Blues Victoria Island",
    "state": "Lagos",
    "country": "Nigeria"
  },
  "timestamps": {
    "joined_date": "2018-09-21T11:25:42.000Z",
    "last_login": "2018-09-21T11:25:42.000Z"
  },
  "isAuthorized": true,
  "books": [],
  "_id": "5ba13aee14b9c776436f0515",
  "joined_date": "2018-09-18T17:50:35.000Z",
  "last_login": "2018-09-18T17:50:35.000Z",
  "first_name": "Ahmed",
  "last_name": "Peter",
  "telephone": 08000000000,
  "email": "ahmed@peter.com"
}

Manage Books

GET /books List Books(s)
GET /books/:id Get single book by ID
POST /books/create Add / Create Book
POST /books/update/:id Edit / Update Book
DELETE /books/delete/:id Delete Book

List Books

Http Request

GET http://localhost:3000/books/

Query Parameters

Parameters	Type	Description
Authorization	Header	Authenticated Token

Sample Response

{
  "books": [
    {
      "timestamps": {
        "date_created": "2018-09-21T09:23:30.000Z",
        "date_updated": "2018-09-21T09:23:30.000Z",
        "date_published": "2016-09-18T17:34:02.000Z"
      },
      "cover": "https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51rJBIWvilL._SY445_.jpg",
      "author": ["5ba13aee14b9c776436f0515"],
      "raters": ["5ba13aee14b9c776436f0515", "5ba4b8942d5c7c26e313cd95"],
      "_id": "5ba4b8942d5c7c26e313cd95",
      "title": "Harry Potter",
      "summary": "Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged. It was popularised in the 1960s with the release of Letraset sheets containing Lorem Ipsum passages, and more recently with desktop publishing software like Aldus PageMaker including versions of Lorem Ipsum.",
      "rating": 2,
      "genre": "Fantasy",
      "__v": 1
    }
  ]
}

Get Book By ID

Http Request

GET http://localhost:3000/books/:id

Query Parameters

Parameters	Type	Description
Authorization	Header	Authenticated Token
id	String	Unique ID of Book(required)

Sample Response

{
  "docs": {
    "timestamps": {
      "date_created": "2018-09-21T09:23:30.000Z",
      "date_updated": "2018-09-21T09:23:30.000Z",
      "date_published": "2016-09-18T17:34:02.000Z"
    },
    "cover": "https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51rJBIWvilL._SY445_.jpg",
    "author": ["5ba13aee14b9c776436f0515"],
    "raters": ["5ba13aee14b9c776436f0515", "5ba4b8942d5c7c26e313cd95"],
    "_id": "5ba4b8942d5c7c26e313cd95",
    "title": "Harry Potter",
    "summary": "Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged. It was popularised in the 1960s with the release of Letraset sheets containing Lorem Ipsum passages, and more recently with desktop publishing software like Aldus PageMaker including versions of Lorem Ipsum.",
    "rating": 2,
    "genre": "Fantasy",
    "__v": 1
  }
}

Add Book

Http Request

POST http://localhost:3000/books/create

Query Parameters

Parameters	Type	Description
authorization	Header	Authenticated Token
title	String	Book title (required)
summary	String	Summary of the Book (required)
cover	String	Book Cover(jpg, pdf, png)
rating	Number	Users rating(required)
date_published	String	Publish date of Book(required)
genre	String	Book genre(required)

Sample Response

{
  "saved": true,
  "message": "Book saved.",
  "docs": {
    "timestamps": {
      "date_created": "2018-09-21T11:25:43.000Z",
      "date_updated": "2018-09-21T11:25:43.000Z",
      "date_published": "2016-09-18T17:34:02.000Z"
    },
    "cover": "https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51rJBIWvilL._SY445_.jpg",
    "author": ["5ba4b8942d5c7c26e313cd95"],
    "raters": ["5ba4b8942d5c7c26e313cd95"],
    "_id": "5ba4dd32efc97543dcc59d4a",
    "title": "God is Good",
    "summary": "Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged. It was popularised in the 1960s with the release of Letraset sheets containing Lorem Ipsum passages, and more recently with desktop publishing software like Aldus PageMaker including versions of Lorem Ipsum.",
    "rating": 3,
    "genre": "Fantasy",
    "__v": 0
  }
}

Update a Book

Http Request

POST http://localhost:3000/books/update/:id

Query Parameters

Parameters	Type	Description
authorization	Header	Authenticated Token
id	String	Unique ID of Book (required)
title	String	Book title (required)
summary	String	Summary of the Book (required)
cover	String	Book Cover(jpg, pdf, png
rating	Number	Users rating(required)
date_published	String	Publish date of Book(required)
genre	String	Book genre(required)

Sample Response

{
  "updated": true,
  "message": "Book updated.",
  "docs": {
    "timestamps": {
      "date_created": "2018-09-21T11:25:43.000Z",
      "date_updated": "2018-09-21T11:25:43.000Z",
      "date_published": "2016-09-18T17:34:02.000Z"
    },
    "cover": "https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51rJBIWvilL._SY445_.jpg",
    "author": ["5ba4b8942d5c7c26e313cd95"],
    "raters": ["5ba4b8942d5c7c26e313cd95", "5ba4b8942d5c7c26e313cd95"],
    "_id": "5ba4dd32efc97543dcc59d4a",
    "title": "God is Good",
    "summary": "Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged. It was popularised in the 1960s with the release of Letraset sheets containing Lorem Ipsum passages, and more recently with desktop publishing software like Aldus PageMaker including versions of Lorem Ipsum.",
    "rating": 2,
    "genre": "Fantasy",
    "__v": 1
  }
}

Delete a Book

Http Request

DELETE http://localhost:3000/books/delete/:id

Query Parameters

Parameters	Type	Description
Authorization	Header	Authenticated Token
id	String	Unique ID of Book (required)

Sample Response

{
  "message": "Book not found.",
  "deleted": false
}

TESTING

Testing was implemeted with mocha and chai and can be carried out by running npm test

Todo

Refactoring

Contributing

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README.md

README.md

GETDEV - Book API

FEATURES

PROJECT STRUCTURE

File Structure

SETUP

CONFIGURATION

ENDPOINTS

Authorization

User profile

Manage Books

List Books

Get Book By ID

Add Book

Update a Book

Delete a Book

TESTING

Todo

Contributing

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README.md

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GETDEV - Book API

FEATURES

PROJECT STRUCTURE

File Structure

SETUP

CONFIGURATION

ENDPOINTS

Authorization

User profile

Manage Books

List Books

Get Book By ID

Add Book

Update a Book

Delete a Book

TESTING

Todo

Contributing