Northcoders News API

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Welcome to Project1!

TASK 1

To successfully connect to the two databases locally, follow these steps:

1. Create 2 .env file in the root directory of the project
2. write PGDATABASE=
3. Add the name of the database ( you can find them in db/seeds/setup.sql)

example:

PGDATABASE=this_is_an_example

TASK 2

1. Create a GET /api/topics endpoint
2. Responds with an array of topic objects, with slug and description properties
3. Deal with the 404 Error

TASK 3

1. Create a GET /api endpoint
2. Responds with an object describing all the available endpoints on your API
3. Use TDD and also test for any error

TASK 4

1. Create a GET /api/articles/:article_id endpoind
2. Responds with an object of the selected article endPoint
3. Deal with errors that this endPoint can cause

TASK 5

1. Create a GET /api/articles endpoint
2. Responds with an array of article objects with the associated properties
3. Consider what errors could occur with this endpoint, and make sure to test for them

TASK 6

1. GET /api/articles/:article_id/comments endpoint
2. Responds with an array of comments for the given article_id of which each comment should have the associated properties
3. Consider and test for any error

TASK 7

1. POST /api/articles/:article_id/comments
2. Add a comment for an article
3. Responds with the posted comment

TASK 8

1. PATCH /api/articles/:article_id Should be available on /api/articles :article_id
2. Update an article by article_id
3. Deal with errors

TASK 9

1. CORE: DELETE /api/comments/:comment_id
2. Delete the given comment by comment_id
3. Deal with errors

TASK 10

1. GET /api/users
2. Responds with an array of objects with the associated properties
3. Consider what errors could occur with this endpoint

TASK 11

FEATURE REQUEST The endpoint should also accept the following query:

1. topic, which filters the articles by the topic value specified in the query. If the query is omitted, the endpoint should respond with all articles.
2. Consider what errors could occur with this endpoint, and make sure to test for them.
3. You should not have to amend any previous tests.