African Marketplace API Documentation

Built by Sam Allen December 2019 - Deployed on Heroku

NOTE: All endpoints require an authorization header with a token (except register/login).

REGISTER & LOGIN ENDPOINTS

POST https://african-marketplace-server.herokuapp.com/api/register

Submit a new username and password. Both MUST be unique for each new registration.

Example (doesn't exist in seed data):

{ 
    username: "New_User", (required, unique)
    password: "12345678" (required, unique),
    profileImg: "https://fake-profile-image.com" (optional, default to null)
}

POST https://african-marketplace-server.herokuapp.com/api/login

Login and get a token back.

Example (doesn't exist in seed data):

{
    username: "New_User", (required, unique)
    password: "12345678" (required, unique)
}

and the response will be:

{
    message: "New_User is now logged in"
    token: "eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJ1c2VybmFtZSI6InRsYXVkYWhsMSIsImlhdCI6MTU3NDEyOD",
    id: 31,
    username: New_User
}

CRUD Operations for Users

GET https://african-marketplace-server.herokuapp.com/api/users

Returns an array with all the users, response ex:

{
    id: 1,
    username: "Sam",
    profileImg: "https://fake-profile-image.com"
},
{
    id: 2,
    username: "Dorothy",
    profileImg: "https://fake-profile-image.com"
},
{
    id: 3,
    username: "Roberta",
    profileImg: "https://fake-profile-image.com"
}

GET https://african-marketplace-server.herokuapp.com/api/users/:id

Returns a single user object, response ex:

{
    id: 1,
    username: "Emma",
    profileImg: "https://fake-profile-image.com"
}

GET https://african-marketplace-server.herokuapp.com/api/users/:id/items

Returns a single user object that includes an array of the user's market items, response ex:

{
    id: 1,
    username: "Sam",
    items: [
        {
            name: "basket",
            description: "great for carrying produce",
            price: 4,
            category: "home",
            location: "Kampala",
            itemImg: "https://fake-item-image.com"
        },
        {
            name: "necklace",
            description: "handmade, beautiful!",
            price: 88,
            category: "art",
            location: "Dar es Salaam",
            itemImg: "https://fake-item-image.com"
        }
    ]
} 

PUT https://african-marketplace-server.herokuapp.com/api/users/:id

Update any user by id.
Request body ex:

{
    username: "Wayne",
    password: "exc311Ent!"
    profileImg: "https://fake-profile-image.com",
    user_id: 1 (required, must match an existing user's id)
}

Response will only return the count.

DELETE https://african-marketplace-server.herokuapp.com/api/users/:id

Deletes a specific user by id. Response will only return the count.

CRUD Operations for a Market Item

GET https://african-marketplace-server.herokuapp.com/api/items

Returns an arry with all the items, response ex:

[
    {
        name: "basket",
        description: "great for carrying produce",
        price: 4,
        category: "home",
        location: "Kampala",
        itemImg: "https://fake-item-image.com",
        owner: "Emma"
    },
    {
        name: "necklace",
        description: "handmade, beautiful!",
        price: 88,
        category: "art",
        location: "Dar es Salaam",
        itemImg: "https://fake-item-image.com",
        owner: "Emma"
    },
    {
        name: "table",
        description: "large for 6 people",
        price: 12,
        category: "home",
        location: "Nairobi",
        itemImg: "https://fake-item-image.com",
        owner: "Dorothy"
    }
]

GET https://african-marketplace-server.herokuapp.com/api/items/:id

Returns a single market item by id, response ex:

{
    name: "basket",
    description: "great for carrying produce",
    price: 4,
    category: "home",
    location: "Kampala",
    itemImg: "https://fake-item-image.com",
    owner: "Emma"
}

POST https://african-marketplace-server.herokuapp.com/api/items

Add a new market item, user_id is REQUIRED. Request body ex:

{
    name: "orange", (required)
    description: "juicy fruit", (optional, defaults to null)
    price: 2, (optional, defaults null)
    category: "food", (optional, default to null)
    location: "Zanzibar", (optional, default to null)
    itemImg: "https://fake-item-image.com", (optional, default to null)
    user_id: 1 (required, must match an existing user's id)
}

Response will return the new item.

PUT https://african-marketplace-server.herokuapp.com/api/items/:id

Update any market item value by id.
user_id is also REQUIRED. Request body ex:

{
    name: "apple",
    description: "crisp fruit",
    price: 3,
    category: "food", 
    location: "Nairobi",
    itemImg: "https://fake-item-image.com",
    user_id: 1 (required, must match an existing user's id)
}

Response will only return the count.

DELETE https://african-marketplace-server.herokuapp.com/api/items/:id

Deletes a specific item by id. Response will only return the count.