This project is a RESTful API for a simple Twitter-like app named "Happy Thoughts", which allows users to post, view, and like messages. It was built using Node.js, Express, MongoDB and deployed on Heroku.
The main challenge of this project was designing an API that allows users to post messages, retrieve a list of the latest messages, and like a specific message. The API provides several routes for these actions.
- Node.js
- Express
- CORS
- Mongoose
- MongoDB
- Render
- Post a new message
- Retrieve a list of the 20 latest messages
- Like a specific message
A message (or thought) in the database is defined with the following properties:
- message: A string that is required, should be between 5 and 140 characters and trimmed.
- hearts: A number representing the likes on the message, defaults to 0.
- createdAt: A date representing when the message was created, defaults to the current date.
- /Index route with a welcome message
- /thoughts - GET route to retrieve the 20 latest messages, POST route to post a new message
- /thoughts/:thoughtId/like - POST route to like a specific message
Clone the repository Install dependencies with npm install Make sure MongoDB is installed and running Run the server with npm start Access the API at http://localhost:8080
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