• Javascript
• NodeJs (Version 18)
• Express
• Mongodb
• Mongoose
• Nodemon and dotenv as developer tool

• Install dependencies with npm install
• Initialize the server: npm run dev
• Test the endpoint in Postman or similar: http://localhost:3000
• Replace the .env.example with .env and update it with your environment variables according to your machine and configurations.

Returns a list of all books.

• URL /books

• Method: GET

• Successful Response:

  • Code: 200
  • Content:

    [
      {
        "_id": "65a0299f6e610a5cd290bbec",
        "title": "Harry Potter",
        "publisher": "Classics",
        "price": 10,
        "pages": 240
      },
      // Other books...
    ]

Returns a specific book based on the provided ID.

• URL /books/:id

• Method: GET

• URL Parameters:

  • id (integer) - Unique ID of the book to be retrieved.

• Successful Response:

  • Code: 200
  • Content:

    {
        "_id": "65a0299f6e610a5cd290bbec",
        "title": "Harry Potter",
        "publisher": "Classics",
        "price": 10,
        "pages": 240
    }

Registers a new book in the database.

• URL /books

• Method: POST

• Request Body:

    {
        "title": "Harry Potter",
        "publisher": "Classics",
        "price": 10,
        "pages": 240
    }

Successful Response:

• Code: 201 (Created)
• Content:

    {
        "id": "65a0299f6e610a5cd290bbec",
        "title": "Harry Potter",
        "publisher": "Classics",
        "price": 10,
        "pages": 240
    }

Updates the information of a specific book based on the provided ID.

• URL /books/:id

• Method: PUT

• URL Parameters:

  • id (integer) - Unique ID of the book to be updated.

• Request Body:

    {
        "title": "Harry Potter New",
        "publisher": "Classics",
        "price": 10,
        "pages": 270
    }

Successful Response:

• Code: 200
• Content:

    {
        "title": "Harry Potter New",
        "publisher": "Classics",
        "price": 10,
        "pages": 270
    }

Deletes a specific book based on the provided ID.

• URL /books/:id

• Method: DELETE

• URL Parameters:

  • id (string) - Unique ID of the book to be deleted.

• Successful Response:

  • Code: 204 (No Content)
  • Content: None

• Error Response:

  • Code: 500 (Internal Server Error)
  • Content:

    {
        "message": "Failed to delete the book"
    }

• URL: /authors

• Method: GET

• Successful Response:

  • Code: 200

  • Content:

    [   
      {     
        "id": "aspasldaspldq123",     
        "name": "Author name",     
        "nationality": "American"   
      },   
      // Other authors...
    ]

• URL: /authors/:id

• Method: GET

• URL Parameters:

  • id (integer) - Unique ID of the author to be retrieved.

• Successful Response:

  • Code: 200
  • Content:

      {     
        "id": "aspasldaspldq123",     
        "name": "Author name",     
        "nationality": "American"   
      },   

• URL: /authors

• Method: POST

• Request Body:

    {
      "name": "Jane Smith",
      "nationality": "British"
    }

• Successful Response:

  • Code: 201 (Created)
  • Content:

    {
      "id": "dkqkeqkdk213sdfmatt8",
      "name": "Jane Smith",
      "nationality": "British"
    }

• URL: /authors/:id

• Method: PUT

• URL Parameters:

  • id (integer) - Unique ID of the author to be updated.

• Request Body:

    {
      "nationality": "Canadian"
    }

• Successful Response:

  • Code: 200
  • Content:

    {
      "id": "dkqkeqkdk213sdfmatt8",
      "name": "Jane Smith",
      "nationality": "Canadian"
    }

• URL: /authors/:id

• Method: DELETE

• URL Parameters:

  • id (integer) - Unique ID of the author to be deleted.

• Successful Response:

  • Code: 204 (No Content)
  • Content: None

• Error Response:

  • Code: 500 (Internal Server Error)

  • Content:

        {   "message": "Failed to delete the author" }