express-restful-api-movies

Express RESTful API for movies.

Running this app

1. As a standalone app running on your machine.

I. As a standalone app

1. install node.js or run sudo apt-get install nodejs.
2. git clone the project then cd into the directory.
3. run npm install to install the application dependencies.

1. running the app

After installing, run the server using npm start.
Access the running app in a browser at the URL written to the console (http://0.0.0.0:5000).

2. Testing the API

To test the API implementation I will use python along with requests and json modules.

1. check if you have python installed in your machine python.
2. pip install requests to install requests module.

2.1 GET request

• run the application.
• open another Terminal session Ctrl + Shift + T and run python, then enter the following code:

import requests
import json

res = requests.get('http://0.0.0.0:5000/')

res.json()

2.2 POST request

• run the application.
• open another Terminal session Ctrl+Shift+T and run python, then enter the following code:

import requests
import json

movie = {"Id": "5", "Title": "Avengers:Endgame", "Director": "['Anthony Russo', 'Joe Russo']", "Year": "2019", "Rating": "8.6"}

res = requests.post('http://localhost:5000/', data=json.dumps(movie), headers={'Content-Type': 'application/json'})

res.json()

2.3 PUT request

• run the application.
• open another Terminal session Ctrl+Shift+T and run python, then enter the following code:

Note: I gonna to update the film Killer Klowns from Outer Space film with The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers.

import requests
import json

movie =  {"Title": "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers", "Director": "Peter Jackson", "Year": "2002", "Rating": "8.7"}

res = requests.put('http://0.0.0.0:5000/3', data=json.dumps(movie), headers={'Content-Type': 'application/json'})

res.json()

2.4 DELETE request

• run the application.
• open another Terminal session Ctrl+Shift+T and run python, then enter the following code:

Note: I gonna to delete the Aliens film.

import requests
import json

res = requests.delete('http://192.168.1.5:5000/1')

res.json()

3. Customize the API representation

• Nagivate to (http://localhost:5000/external) and see the customized API representaion.

4. IMDb API request

• Navigate to (http://localhost:5000/imdb) and see the customized API collected from IMDb.