Write a REST API

In this assignment we will be writing a simple REST API. Both GET and POST methods will be used

Steps

1. Clone the Repo
2. Complete the assigned coding tasks. Commit OFTEN!
3. Push to your repo

Assignment

For this assignment you will be writing a simple REST API. You will need 3 API routes (URI's) 2 GET routes and 1 POST route. All the routes will return JSON formated data.

Using the express framework you will need to create the following routes:

/api

A HTTP GET request will return any JSON formated data. Typically this is a validation message to make sure the user is accessing the API correctly

/api/data

A HTTP GET request should return a JSON object with a data property and some fake data.

A HTTP POST request should return a JSON object with a query property containing the data request.

An example for the HTTP POST request: POST data:

{"data" : "QueryGoesHere" }

The API would return:

{"query" : "QueryGoesHere"}

Tips

• Don't forget to npm install after cloning 😛
• Use npm start to start the server. This will use a command line tool called nodemon. Nodemon will watch for changes in the project folder and restart the server AUTOMATICALLY when you save a file. 😄
• Use ````npm test``` to run the tests.
• When in doubt. Google it.