crest v0.0.4
crest
crest is a REST API Server for MongoDB. crest stands for Cygnus REST.
Installation
npm install crest
Usage
Run server with node server
Quick try
After starting the server you can quickly try it out by issuing the following from the command line:
curl -d '{ "example key" : " }' -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://localhost:3500/tests/example
This should add a document to the collection example in database tests looking similar to this: { "A1": 201, "_id": ObjectId("4e90e196b0c7f4687000000e") }
Supported REST requests
GET /db/collection
- Returns all documentsGET /db/collection
- Returns all documents (query and options in GET body)GET /db/collection?query=%7B%22isDone%22%3A%20false%7D
- Returns all documents satisfying queryGET /db/collection?query=%7B%22isDone%22%3A%20false%7D&limit=2&skip=2
- Ability to add options to query (limit, skip, etc)GET /db/collection/id
- Returns document with idPOST /db/collection
- Insert new document in collection (document in POST body)PUT /db/collection/id
- Update document with id (updated document in PUT body)DELETE /db/collection/id
- Delete document with id
Content Type
- Please make sure
application/json
is used as Content-Type when using POST/PUT/GET with data in request body.
Setup
Configuration parameters
db
objecthost
stringport
stringserver
objectport
stringaddress
stringflavor
string mongodb or normaldebug
boolean
Flavors
- Choose mongodb as flavor to keep using _id as primary key for a document.
- Choose normal as flavor if you want to change _id to id
Dependencies
Application dependencies are sorted under dependencies in package.json while test dependencies are sorted under devDependencies.
All dependencies can be installed via npm install -l
Tests
Basic tests are available and can be run via mocha.
License
The MIT License (MIT) Copyright (c) 2013 Ricard Aspeljung
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