https://github.com/jalonghurst/motivationalquotesapi
A simple API full stack app with JSON endpoint generating motivational quotes. Using node and express to create a back end server, ejs for templating engine to serve up HTML, and mongodb for the database. Client side JavaScript enables creation of HTTP requests that interact with the database.
https://github.com/jalonghurst/motivationalquotesapi
crud-application express-js express-middleware javascript json-api mongodb nodejs
Last synced: about 2 months ago
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A simple API full stack app with JSON endpoint generating motivational quotes. Using node and express to create a back end server, ejs for templating engine to serve up HTML, and mongodb for the database. Client side JavaScript enables creation of HTTP requests that interact with the database.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/jalonghurst/motivationalquotesapi
- Owner: jalonghurst
- Created: 2022-09-03T08:05:35.000Z (over 2 years ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2023-01-01T16:55:39.000Z (over 2 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-03-27T14:55:14.147Z (about 1 year ago)
- Topics: crud-application, express-js, express-middleware, javascript, json-api, mongodb, nodejs
- Language: JavaScript
- Homepage: https://motivational-quotes-api-yb79.onrender.com/api
- Size: 1.06 MB
- Stars: 0
- Watchers: 1
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
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README
## About this API
This fullstack app features an interface to interact with the database using HTTP requests made through clientside JavaScript to GET, POST, UPDATE and DELETE the motivational quotes in the collection.
New quotes can be created submitting data for the quote, author and genre.
**Link To Project:** https://motivational-quotes-api-yb79.onrender.com/api
A random quote from the database can be generated using the link below.
## How It's Made:
This CRUD API started as a node backend server working with raw and hardcoded JSON data with an endpoint displaying a random quote. Express.js was then incorportated to simplify the process of writing server side JavaScript, HTTP requests and to improve readability, and EJS set up as the templating engine rendering HTML. MongoDB was finally connected to this application, and has replaced the raw JSON data and updated the endpoint to get data from the collection containing quotes(documents) stored on the database.
**Link To Generate A Random Quote:** https://motivational-quotes-api-yb79.onrender.com/api/random
Generate a random document from the quotes collection in MongoDB database, the GET response is in JSON format. Each document contains {id: author: quote: genre:} key-value pairs.
