School Project - REST API with SQL Database

A simple REST API with a MySQL database that will serve as the backend for a future photo app. A user should only be able to view their own albums and photos, and can only add their own photos to their own albums.

Requirements:

• Follow best practices
  
• Follow REST principles
  
• Use MVC structure
  
• Use Bookshelf as the ORM
  
• Authentication via HTTP Basic
  
• Password hashing/salting using bcrypt
  
• Validation of all data a user can submit
  
• All responses should be wrapped according to the JSend specification
  
• All requests and responses should follow the specified structure for each endpoint
  
• Error handling (e.g., if a user tries to access another user's albums or photos, or if a user tries to add a photo that does not belong to them to an album, or add a photo to a non-existent album)
  
• Use correct HTTP status codes
  
• Version control using Git
  
• All source code should be correctly indented
  
• Deployed to Heroku