lighrestapi v0.5.0
lighrestapi
lighrestapi is simple and light weight REST API, uses json files to store the information.
Who needs lighrestapi
You are in need of simple API endpoints to support your web application without spending lot of time on API development.
lightrestpi provides APIs with zero configurations and free flow strategy, means no restrictions on table columns and data types, its simple json format stored in json files.
Installation
Install via npm
npm i lighrestapi
Usage
// index.js
const api = require('lighrestapi');
api.start({
port: 1337, // port to start api
projectPath: __dirname, // project root folder
requestHeaders: ['x-api-key'] // configure allowed headers
});
To start the API server run below command in terminal/command prompt
node index.js
Thats it you should see below message in terminal
Server Listening on 1337
Now, you are good to utilize the API endpoints in REST CRUD format. Lets see the available endpoints quickly
Here you can create many tables as you want just use tablename query param to specify the table name.
Create record
Endpoint: http://localhost:1337/api/query?tablename=countries
example code using axios from Frontend to create the record in JSON
var data = JSON.stringify({"name":"India","code":"INR"});
var config = {
method: 'post',
url: 'http://localhost:1337/api/query?tablename=countries',
headers: {
'Content-Type': 'application/json'
},
data : data
};
axios(config)
.then(function (response) {
console.log(JSON.stringify(response.data));
})
.catch(function (error) {
console.log(error);
});
Read
Endpoint: http://localhost:1337/api/query?tablename=countries
example code using axios to fetch the list of records
var config = {
method: 'get',
url: 'http://localhost:1337/api/query?tablename=countries',
headers: { }
};
axios(config)
.then(function (response) {
console.log(JSON.stringify(response.data));
})
.catch(function (error) {
console.log(error);
});
Update
Endpoint: http://localhost:1337/api/query?tablename=countries&id=eda612d3d48a83629580f5d8179315e53f8
example code using axios to update the specific record with respective to id attribute
var data = JSON.stringify({"age":"30"});
var config = {
method: 'patch',
url: 'http://localhost:1337/api/query?tablename=countries&id=eda612d3d48a83629580f5d8179315e53f8',
headers: {
'Content-Type': 'application/json'
},
data : data
};
axios(config)
.then(function (response) {
console.log(JSON.stringify(response.data));
})
.catch(function (error) {
console.log(error);
});
Delete
Endpoint: http://localhost:1337/api/query?tablename=countries&id=eda612d3d48a83629580f5d8179315e53f8
example code using axios to delete the record from the list
var config = {
method: 'delete',
url: 'http://localhost:1337/api/query?tablename=countries&id=eda612d3d48a83629580f5d8179315e53f8',
headers: { }
};
axios(config)
.then(function (response) {
console.log(JSON.stringify(response.data));
})
.catch(function (error) {
console.log(error);
});
Usefull information
If you check the response of each endpoint is consistant and we are returning list of records available in the specified table.
{
"data": [
{
"name": "India",
"code": "INT",
"id": "66de8f55cb55abff1e526fb117931727338"
},
{
"name": "Canada",
"code": "CAD",
"id": "5ff92d8e7e5878eea1a059c51793172ce2d"
}
]
}
Postman Collection: https://documenter.getpostman.com/view/3476064/TzRNDUqQ
Whats next
- Ability to use MongoDB
- Encryption on sensitive information/fields
- Keeping it simple