Origin API

• Live: https://murmuring-reef-29838.herokuapp.com

Description

Origin API is the Express/NodeJS server responsible for handling API requests for Origin (https://github.com/yulia-kh/origin). While running, users can make the following API requests:

• POST /api/users Create a user account. Required fields:

  • first name
  • last name
  • user name
  • password (must contain at least one special character, digit, capital and lowercase letter, 8 -72 character long)

• POST /api/auth/login Get access to your account. Reqired fields:

  • username
  • password

• GET /api/tree Home page. Display user's family tree

• POST /api/persons/:id/parents Add an ancestor. Inserts record in persons table and relation to child in parent_child table

• DELETE /api/persons/:id/ Delete an ancestor. Deletes record and relation to child from database

• GET /api/persons/:id/ Get information about a person

• PATCH /api/persons/:id/ Edit information about a person

Getting Started

• Clone the repository and run npm i
• Create local Postgresql databases: family and family-test
• Run mv example.env .env and provide the local database locations within your .env file
• Run npm run migrate and npm run migrate:test to update each database with appropriate tables
• To seed, use terminal to enter root of application and run psql -d family -f ./seeds/seed.family-tables.sql
• Run npm run dev to start server in development mode

Tech stack

• NodeJS
• Express
• Postgresql