json_api

JSON API

A simple middleware for mounting a RESTful JSON API

Usage

Add as a middleware

var Datastore = require('nedb');
var store     = new Datastore({ filename: "path/to/file", autoload: true });
var json_api  = require("json_api");

app.use("/path/to/mount/to", json_api(store));

create a record:

curl -4 -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"name":"curl"}' http://localhost:8025/path/to/mount/to

get a record:

curl -4 -X GET -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://localhost:8025/path/to/mount/to/<resource-id>

I have only tested with NeDB but should also work with MongoDB

Check out the tests to see more usage examples.

Testing

npm install -g mocha
mocha

Similar Projects

• loopback-connector-rest

Why?

If you read this article from StrongLoop about comparing different libraries for building RESTful APIs

I would add this with the following entry:

var app   = require("express")();
var Store = require("nedb")
var store = new Store({ filename: "data/items.db", autoload: true });

app.use(require('body-parser').json())
   .use("/items", require("json_api")(store));

app.listen(8025);

Pros

• Very quick RESTful API development
• Just a simple middleware to inject into your existing workflow
• Great for prototyping
• No learning curve
• Very lightweight (can read entire source in a few minutes)

Cons

• Only built with NeDB/MongoDB in mind
• Only inteded for trivial apps, prototypes or stubs