Resourceserver

TODO:

1. Add validation

2. Add pre/post hooks

Implements an in-memory (or persistent via redis) resource oriented HTTP server, provding 5 basic operations (shown in curl_tests.sh). Edit redis connection config in config.coffee.

POST /:collection

Create a new resource.

curl -vX POST http://localhost:3002/people \
  -H 'content-type: application/json' -d '{"name": "Liam", "age": 29}'

{
  "name": "Liam",
  "age": 29,
  "id": 2
}

curl -vX POST http://localhost:3002/people \
  -H 'content-type: application/json' -d '{"name": "Noah", "age": 1}'

{
  "name": "Noah",
  "age": 1,
  "id": 2
}

GET /:collection/:id

Retrieve the :collection resource with id :id.

curl -v http://localhost:3002/people/1

{
  "name": "Liam",
  "age": 29,
  "id": 1
}

GET /:collection

Retrieve an array of all :collection resources.

curl -v http://localhost:3002/people

[
  {
    "name": "Liam",
    "age": 29,
    "id": 1
  },
  {
    "name": "Noah",
    "age": 1,
    "id": 2
  }
]

PUT /:collection/:id

Override the :collection resource with id :id.

curl -vX PUT http://localhost:3002/people/1 \
  -H 'content-type: application/json' -d '{"name": "LiamO", "age": 30}'

{
  "name": "LiamO",
  "age": 30,
  "id": "1"
}

DELETE /:collection/:id

Delete the :collection resource with id :id.

curl -vX DELETE http://localhost:3002/people/1

It uses the CORS headers to allow cross-origin requests.

Usage

1. Clone the repository

2. Install node.js

3. Install the dependencies with npm install

4. Start the server with npm start

5. [Optional] Run tests with cd test && ./curl_tests.sh