Events Rest-API

Quick Start

Install Dependencies using go get:

$ go get

Then run the API on Port:8080 :

$ go run .

API Details

• These libraries are the most important that allowed me to build this project.
• Gin library which was very helpful for HTTP request routing.
• jwt-go for Auth tokens in requests to verify users.
• bcrypt for encrypting and decrypting passwords stored in the SQL DataBase.
• And go-sqlite3 for running the SQL server.

API Routes

GET Requests

- /api/events

• Description: Get a list of available events
• Example Request:

  GET http://localhost:8080/events

• Example Response:

  [
  {
      "ID": 1,
      "Name": "Test event",
      "Description": "Test event!!!",
      "Location": "A test location",
      "DateTime": "2025-01-01T15:30:00Z",
      "UserID": 1
  },
  {
      "ID": 2,
      "Name": "Second Test event",
      "Description": "A Second Test event!!!",
      "Location": "Another test location",
      "DateTime": "2025-02-01T15:30:00Z",
      "UserID": 1
  }
  ]

- /api/events/<id>

• Description: Get an event by specific ID
• Example Request:

  GET http://localhost:8080/events/21

• Example Response:

  {
  "ID": 1,
  "Name": "Test event",
  "Description": "Test event!!!",
  "Location": "A test location",
  "DateTime": "2025-01-01T15:30:00Z",
  "UserID": 1
  }

POST Requests

- /api/events

• Description: Create bookable event
• (Auth Required)
  • Example Request:

    POST http://localhost:8080/events
    content-type: application/json
    authorization: <JWT TOKEN>
    
    {
    "name": "Test event",
    "description": "Test event!!!",
    "location": "A test location",
    "dateTime": "2025-01-01T15:30:00.000Z"
    }

  • Example Response:

    {
    "event": {
        "ID": 1,
        "Name": "Test event",
        "Description": "Test event!!!",
        "Location": "A test location",
        "DateTime": "2025-01-01T15:30:00Z",
        "UserID": 1
    },
    "message": "Event created!"
    }

- /api/signup

• Description: Create a new user
• Example Request:

  POST http://localhost:8080/signup
  content-type: application/json
  
  {
  "email": "[email protected]",
  "password": "test"
  }

• Example Response:

  {"message":"User created successfully"}

- /api/login

• Description: Sign in and Authenticate user
• (Returns Auth Token)
  • Example Request:

    POST http://localhost:8080/login
    content-type: application/json
    
    {
    "email": "[email protected]",
    "password": "test"
    }

  • Example Response:

    {
    "message": "Login successful!",
    "token": "eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJlbWFpbCI6InRlc3QyQGV4YW1wbGUuY29tIiwiZXhwIjoxNzA2NTcyMjQzLCJ1c2VySWQiOjF9.RYcqW9laXx91E-0JNqPtyngLdYK3P9O8CvC7YgqrSVk"
    }

- /api/events/<id>/register

• Description: Register the user for an Event
• (Auth Required)
  • Example Request:

    POST http://localhost:8080/events/21/register
    authorization: <JWT TOKEN>

  • Example Response:

    {
    "message": "Registered!"
    }

PUT Requests

- /api/events/<id>

• Description: Update an existing Event
• (Auth Required) (Only by Creator)
  • Example Request:

    PUT http://localhost:8080/events/21
    content-type: application/json
    authorization: <JWT TOKEN>
    
    {
    "name": "Updated test event",
    "description": "A test event",
    "location": "Test location (Updated!)",
    "dateTime": "2025-01-01T15:30:00Z"
    }

  • Example Response:

    {
    "message": "Event updated successfully!"
    }

DELETE Requests

- /api/events/<id>

• Description: Delete an Event by ID
• (Auth Required) (Only by Creator)
  • Example Request:

    DELETE http://localhost:8080/events/21
    authorization: <JWT TOKEN>

  • Example Response:

    {
    "message": "Event deleted successfully!"
    }

- /api/events/<id>/register

• Description: Delete a registration for an Event
• (Auth Required)
  • Example Request:

    DELETE http://localhost:8080/events/21/register
    authorization: <JWT TOKEN>

  • Example Response:

    {
    "message": "Cancelled!"
    }