SocialNetworkAPI
18 NoSQL: Social Network API
Description
An API for a social network web application where users can share their thoughts, react to friends’ thoughts, and create a friend list.
User Story
AS A social media startup
I WANT an API for my social network that uses a NoSQL database
SO THAT my website can handle large amounts of unstructured data
Acceptance Criteria
GIVEN a social network API
WHEN I enter the command to invoke the application
THEN my server is started and the Mongoose models are synced to the MongoDB database
WHEN I open API GET routes in Insomnia for users and thoughts
THEN the data for each of these routes is displayed in a formatted JSON
WHEN I test API POST, PUT, and DELETE routes in Insomnia
THEN I am able to successfully create, update, and delete users and thoughts in my database
WHEN I test API POST and DELETE routes in Insomnia
THEN I am able to successfully create and delete reactions to thoughts and add and remove friends to a user’s friend list
Mock Up
The following animation shows GET routes to return all users and all thoughts being tested in Insomnia:
The following animation shows GET routes to return a single user and a single thought being tested in Insomnia:
The following animation shows the POST, PUT, and DELETE routes for users being tested in Insomnia:
The following animation shows the POST and DELETE routes for a user’s friend list being tested in Insomnia:
