backend

Photolabs API

Setup

Install dependencies with npm install.

Creating The DB

Use the psql -U labber command to login to the PostgreSQL server with the username labber and the password labber.

Create a database with the command CREATE DATABASE photolabs_development;.

Copy the .env.example file to .env.development and fill in the necessary PostgreSQL configuration. The node-postgres library uses these environment variables by default.

PGHOST=localhost
PGUSER=labber
PGDATABASE=photolabs_development
PGPASSWORD=labber
PGPORT=5432

Seeding

Run the development server with npm start.

Both of these achieve the same result.

• Make a GET request to /api/debug/reset with curl http://localhost:8001/api/debug/reset.
• Use the browser to navigate to http://localhost:8001/api/debug/reset.

Run The Server

Running the server normally

npm start

Running the server so it returns an error when saving/deleting for testing the client's error handling capabilities

npm run error

Endpoints

Retrieve all photos

/api/photos

Retrieve all topics

/api/topics

Retrieve photos for a specific topic

/api/topics/:id/photos

Reset the database

/api/debug/reset