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Expat Journal 5 Backend API

Getting Started

• Database created
• Auth endpoints created
• Story endpoints created

Tech Stack

• Node.js
• Express
• jsonwebtoken
• bcryptjs
• knex
• pg (postgres for production)
• sqlite3 (for development)
• cors
• helmet

Endpoints

Method	Endpoint	Description
POST	/api/auth/register	Requires username, password and email fields in the request body. Returns a success message and the user's id
POST	/api/auth/login	Requires username and password in body. Successful login returns success message and the token new and the user_id
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POST	/api/stories	Requires user_id, title and body fields in the request body. image_url and location are optional fields. Returns the newly created story object.
GET	/api/stories	Returns array of all stories
GET	/api/stories/user/:userId	Returns array of all stories posted by the specified user
GET	/api/stories/storyId/:storyId	Returns the specified story
PUT	/api/stories/:storyId	Applies changes to any modified fields
DELETE	/api/stories/:storyId	Returns status 204 on a successful delete

Seeded Users

Username	Password
IG-88	password
Boba Fett	password
Dengar	password