Tour Of Heroes API

Ruby on Rails 6 course as an API creating a Heroes CRUD.

This repository is part of the Curso de Ruby on Rails 6 como API on YouTube.

Ruby version	3.0.3
Rails version	6.1.x
Database	SQLite3 (dev) / PostgreSQL (prod)

Initial settings to run the project

# clone the project
git clone https://github.com/peimelo/curso_tour_of_heroes_api.git

# enter the cloned directory
cd curso_tour_of_heroes_api

# install Ruby on Rails dependencies
bundle install --without production

# create the development and test databases
rails db:create

# create the tables
rails db:migrate

# run the project
rails s

The backend is available at http://localhost:3000.

Tests

To run the tests:

rspec

Using the HEROES API

Include a Header Authorization

For all requests, use an Authorization header, of size >= 10 characters, so that you can only manipulate your data, for example:

curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://curso-tour-of-heroes-api.herokuapp.com/api/heroes' \
  --header 'Authorization: anyTokenCanBeUsed'

API Endpoint

The following endpoints are available:

Endpoints	Usage	Params
GET /api/heroes	Get all of the heroes.
GET /api/heroes?name=term	Get all heroes with name like a term.	term: [String]
GET /api/heroes/:id	Get the details of a single hero.
POST /api/heroes	Add a new hero.	name: [String]
PUT /api/heroes/:id	Edit the details of an existing hero.	name: [String]
DELETE /api/heroes/:id	Remove the hero.

Using Insomnia to test the API

If you want to import the above requests into Insomnia, use the file Insomnia.json at the root of this project.

It will be necessary to install the plugin insomnia-plugin-dotenv.

Create an environment variable file at the root of the project to add sensitive data:

touch .env.development

Add the contents below to the file above:

token=anyTokenCanBeUsed

In Insomnia, go to Manage Environments and set the envFilePath value to the file path .env.development:

{
  "baseUrl": "http://localhost:3000/api",
  "envFilePath": "/path/to/file/your_repo/.env.development"
}

Any .env.* file is being ignored by this project's GIT.