Animal Shelter Web API

Guided project for Node API 1 Module.

In this project we will learn how to create a simple Web API using Node.js and Express.

Prerequisites

• an HTTP client like Postman or Insomnia.

Project Setup

• Clone this repository.
• Open the project folder in VSCode.

Assignment

Build a RESTful Web API for an animal shelter to Create, Read, Update and Delete dogs.

A Dog has:

• a unique id.
• a name.
• a weight.

Features

The Web API must provide a set of endpoints to fulfill the following needs:

• add a new Dog.
• view a list of existing Dogs.
• view the details of a single Dog.
• update the information of an existing Dog.
• remove a Dog.

Here is a table with the endpoint descriptions:

Action	URL	Method	Response
Add a Dog	/api/dogs	POST	the new Dog
View list of Dogs	/api/dogs	GET	array of Dogs
View Dog details	/api/dogs/{id}	GET	a Dog
Update Dog	/api/dogs/{id}	PUT	updated Dog
Remove a Dog	/api/dogs/{id}	DELETE	deleted Dog