Local Development API Server

Usage

Get Restaurants

curl "http://localhost:1337/restaurants"

Get Restaurants by id

curl "http://localhost:1337/restaurants/{3}"

Architecture

Local server

• Node.js
• Sails.js

Contributors

• Brandy Lee Camacho - Technical Project Manager
• David Harris - Web Services Lead
• Omar Albeik - Frontend engineer

Getting Started

Development local API Server

Location of server = /server Server depends on node.js LTS Version: v6.11.2 , npm, and sails.js Please make sure you have these installed before proceeding forward.

Great, you are ready to proceed forward; awesome!

Let's start with running commands in your terminal, known as command line interface (CLI)

Install project dependancies

# npm i

Install Sails.js globally

# npm i sails -g

Start the server

# node server

You should now have access to your API server environment

debug: Environment : development debug: Port : 1337

Endpoints

GET Endpoints

Get all restaurants

http://localhost:1337/restaurants/

Get favorite restaurants

http://localhost:1337/restaurants/?is_favorite=true

Get a restaurant by id

http://localhost:1337/restaurants/<restaurant_id>

Get all restaurant reviews

http://localhost:1337/reviews/

Get a restaurant review by id

http://localhost:1337/reviews/<review_id>

Get all reviews for a restaurant

http://localhost:1337/reviews/?restaurant_id=<restaurant_id>

POST Endpoints

Create a new restaurant review

http://localhost:1337/reviews/

Parameters

{
    "restaurant_id": <restaurant_id>,
    "name": <reviewer_name>,
    "rating": <rating>,
    "comments": <comment_text>
}

PUT Endpoints

Favorite a restaurant

http://localhost:1337/restaurants/<restaurant_id>/?is_favorite=true

Unfavorite a restaurant

http://localhost:1337/restaurants/<restaurant_id>/?is_favorite=false

Update a restaurant review

http://localhost:1337/reviews/<review_id>

Parameters

{
    "name": <reviewer_name>,
    "rating": <rating>,
    "comments": <comment_text>
}

DELETE Endpoints

Delete a restaurant review

http://localhost:1337/reviews/<review_id>

If you find a bug in the source code or a mistake in the documentation, you can help us by submitting an issue to our Waffle Dashboard. Even better you can submit a Pull Request with a fix :)

Archival Note

This repository is deprecated; therefore, we are going to archive it. However, learners will be able to fork it to their personal Github account but cannot submit PRs to this repository. If you have any issues or suggestions to make, feel free to:

• Utilize the https://knowledge.udacity.com/ forum to seek help on content-specific issues.
• Submit a support ticket along with the link to your forked repository if (learners are) blocked for other reasons. Here are the links for the retail consumers and enterprise learners.