For your unit 5 assessment you are required to create a RESTful API using Node.js and Express.js.

The API should create (POST), read (GET), update (PUT or PATCH) and delete (DELETE) from a list of todos. The todos.json file is used as the server's data store and can be found in the models folder.

Run through the Setup and Configuration steps to configure your API before you start developing.

Ensure your finished repository meets all of the Assessment Criteria listed below

1. Add the functionality for all the endpoints described below to your API:

*POST, PUT, PATCH and DELETE methods may need an API testing tool such as Postman to test.

  {
    "id":"01507581-9d12-4c3a-bb60-19d539a11189",
    "name":"Learn to use Adobe Photoshop",
    "created":"2021-11-20T18:25:43.511Z",
    "due":"2021-12-23T23:05:03.352Z",
    "completed":false
  }

1. Clone this repository to your local machine. Once cloned, open in Visual Code.

2. Create a file called .env in your home directory (outside of the src folder). Add the following text:

BASE_JSON_PATH="/models/todos.json"

This will ensure the current starter code is using the todos.json in the models folder.

In your code when saving the updated list of todos back to the todos.json file, use the following environment variable:

process.env.BASE_JSON_PATH

e.g.

fs.writeFile(__dirname + process.env.BASE_JSON_PATH,  content, err => {
    if (err) {
      console.error(err)
      return
    }
}

3. Run the following commands to install any dependencies:

npm install

4. In the index.js file you will find some initial code. Read through, understand and uncomment the code to implement a basic static server with two endpoints.

5. Once you have completed the steps above. You can start the API with the following command:

npm start

6. If configured correctly, when you visit the local URL: http://localhost:8080/, you will see the following page:

7. To complete the assessment make additions to the index.js file to return the expected data. Review the assessment criteria for detailed information on expected endpoints for your completed API.

Commit all files and folders to the repo and push to your remote repo for assessment.