This repository sets up a backend connection to a MySQL database using the following template in an .env file

DB_USER= database username
DB_PASSWORD= password
DB_NAME= music_library
DB_HOST= localhost
DB_PORT= 3307

Once you have populated the .env file, you can use the command npm start

This will start an express server locally which you can use GET POST PATCH and DELETE HTTP methods to manipulate the data at the following endpoints:

This is how the request body should be set out when using the API.

Artist JSON is set out below:

{
    "name": "The Beatles",
    "Genre": "Classic Rock"
}

Album JSON is like the following:

{
    "name": "Abbey Road",
    "year": "1969"
}