This repository contains the implementation of a social network API built with MongoDB, Express.js, and Mongoose ODM. This API allows users to share their thoughts, react to friends' thoughts, and create a friend list, providing a backend foundation for a social network web application.

• Features
• Installation
• Usage
• Walkthrough Video
• Technologies Used
• License
• Contributing
• Questions

• User Management: Create, update, and delete users.
• Thought Management: Create, update, and delete thoughts posted by users.
• Reaction Management: Add and remove reactions to thoughts.
• Friend Management: Add and remove friends from a user's friend list.
• NoSQL Database: Uses MongoDB for handling large amounts of unstructured data efficiently.

1. Clone the Repository:

   git clone https://github.com/andrewhamerly/social-network-api.git

2. Navigate to the project directory:

   cd social-network-api

3. Install dependencies:

   npm install

1. Start the application:

   npm start

2. Testing the API routes: Use Insomnia or a similar API client to test the following routes:

   Users

   • GET /api/users Get all users.
   • POST /api/users Create a new user.
   • PUT /api/users/:userId Update a user by ID.
   • DELETE /api/users/:userId Delete a user by ID.
   • POST /api/users/:userId/friends/:friendId Add a friend to a user's friend list.
   • DELETE /api/users/:userId/friends/:friendId Remove a friend from a user's friend list.

   Thoughts

   • GET /api/thoughts Get all thoughts.
   • POST /api/thoughts Create a new thought.
   • PUT /api/thoughts/:thoughtId Update a thought by ID.
   • DELETE /api/thoughts/:thoughtId Delete a thought by ID.

   Reactions

   • POST /api/thoughts/:thoughtId/reactions Add a reaction to a thought.
   • DELETE /api/thoughts/:thoughtId/reactions/:reactionId Remove a reaction from a thought.

Click here to watch the walkthrough video

• Express.js: For building the API routes and handling requests.
• MongoDB: A NoSQL database chosen for its flexibility and performance with large datasets.
• Mongoose: An ODM (Object Data Modeling) library for MongoDB and Node.js, used to define schemas and interact with the database.
• Insomnia: Used for testing the API endpoints.

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.

Contributions are welcome! Please fork the repository and create a pull request with your changes. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.

If you have any questions about the project, please feel free to contact me via email at [email protected]. You can also find more of my work on GitHub.