rest-api-node-expressjs's Introduction

REST API

REST API with nodejs and epxress framework.

Installations

cd app
npm init

Run

To run the app in Terminal from the app root folder

node app.js

Requests

To make a request use and REST client via CURL

curl --header "Content-Type: application/json"   --request POST   --data '{"filter": []}'   http://localhost:3000

curl --header "Content-Type: application/json"   --request POST   --data '{"filters":[{"field":"average age","operators":{"lt":40,"gt":25}},{"field":"distance from city center","operators":{"lt":10}},{"field":"average income","operators":{"sort":"desc"}}]}' http://localhost:3000

Each filter generates new dataset

Warning eq (equals) function cannot be used with lt or gt.

{
    "filters": []
}

{
    "filters": [
        {
            "field":"average age",
            "operators":{
                "lt": 40,
                "gt": 25
            }
        },
        {
            "field": "distance from city center",
            "operators":{
                "lt": 10
            }
        },
        {
            "field": "average income",
            "operators":{
                "sort": "desc"
            }
        
        }
    ]
}

{
    "filters": [
        {
            "field":"average income",
            "operators":{
                "gt": 99000
            }
        },
        {
            "field":"average age",
            "operators":{
            	"gt": 30,
                "sort": "ascd"
            }
        }
    ]
}

Notice: Default sort is asc unless desc is written