I've created my first API using Express containing data about books.

I began thinking about what kind of endpoints would be nice to have for the data I chose (books). After that I started to create the endpoints home, all books, 20 first books by top rating, short read and id. I also implemented filters via query parameters to filter the data returned from endpoints which return an array of data. I continuously tested my API using Postman. When searching for a book by id, I've handled when the specific id doesn't exist and return some useful data in the response.

I chose to use the npm package express-list-endpoints to list the endpoints in the home endpoint.

If I had more time, I would implement a frontend to by API where I display the documentation for my API. I also would've liked to implement 'pages' using .slice() to return only a selection of results from the array and then add a query parameter to allow the user to ask for the next 'page'.

See my live API here: https://project-express-api-isabellam5.herokuapp.com/

• GET /

Displays all endpoints for this API using npm package express-list-endpoints.

• GET /books
• GET /books/toprating
• GET /books/shortread

Endpoints for the API.

• GET /books/:id

Endpoint for a single book by id.

Use endpoint GET /books

Filter by either author or title (optional). Case insensitive.

• Example query for author: GET /books?author=adams
• Example query for title: GET /books?title=bill