mongo-rest-api

How to run

Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/typescript-tutorials/mongo-rest-api.git
cd mongo-rest-api

To run the application

npm start

API Design

Common HTTP methods

• GET: retrieve a representation of the resource
• POST: create a new resource
• PUT: update the resource
• PATCH: perform a partial update of a resource
• DELETE: delete a resource

API design for health check

To check if the service is available.

Request: GET /health

Response:

{
    "status": "UP",
    "details": {
        "mongo": {
            "status": "UP"
        }
    }
}

API design for users

Resource: users

Get all users

Request: GET /users

Response:

[
    {
        "id": "spiderman",
        "username": "peter.parker",
        "email": "peter.parker@gmail.com",
        "phone": "0987654321",
        "dateOfBirth": "1962-08-25T16:59:59.999Z"
    },
    {
        "id": "wolverine",
        "username": "james.howlett",
        "email": "james.howlett@gmail.com",
        "phone": "0987654321",
        "dateOfBirth": "1974-11-16T16:59:59.999Z"
    }
]

Get one user by id

Request: GET /users/:id

GET /users/wolverine

Response:

{
    "id": "wolverine",
    "username": "james.howlett",
    "email": "james.howlett@gmail.com",
    "phone": "0987654321",
    "dateOfBirth": "1974-11-16T16:59:59.999Z"
}

Create a new user

Request: POST /users

{
    "id": "wolverine",
    "username": "james.howlett",
    "email": "james.howlett@gmail.com",
    "phone": "0987654321",
    "dateOfBirth": "1974-11-16T16:59:59.999Z"
}

Response: 1: success, 0: duplicate key, -1: error

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Update one user by id

Request: PUT /users/:id

PUT /users/wolverine

{
    "username": "james.howlett",
    "email": "james.howlett@gmail.com",
    "phone": "0987654321",
    "dateOfBirth": "1974-11-16T16:59:59.999Z"
}

Response: 1: success, 0: not found, -1: error

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Patch one user by id

Perform a partial update of user. For example, if you want to update 2 fields: email and phone, you can send the request body of below.

Request: PATCH /users/:id

PATCH /users/wolverine

{
    "email": "james.howlett@gmail.com",
    "phone": "0987654321"
}

Response: 1: success, 0: not found, -1: error

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Delete a new user by id

Request: DELETE /users/:id

DELETE /users/wolverine

Response: 1: success, 0: not found, -1: error

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