BookstoreAPIServer

A simple api server which can be used as backend of a e-bookstore. User can get list of books and authors. Details of a book can be found using GET method by passing book name or ISBN as parameter. Details about authors can be found using GET method by passing author name as parameter. After registration and login, User can Add/Update and Delete books from the server

Installation

To install Go, run the following command:

$ go_version=1.17.1
$ cd ~/Downloads
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install -y build-essential git curl wget
$ wget https://dl.google.com/go/go${go_version}.linux-amd64.tar.gz
$ sudo tar -C /usr/local -xzf go${go_version}.linux-amd64.tar.gz
$ sudo chown -R $(id -u):$(id -g) /usr/local/go
$ rm go${go_version}.linux-amd64.tar.gz

Add go to your $PATH variable

$ mkdir $HOME/go
$ nano ~/.bashrc
export GOPATH=$HOME/go
export PATH=$GOPATH/bin:/usr/local/go/bin:$PATH
$ source ~/.bashrc
$ go version

Running the Server

After changing the directory to project directory go run .

API Calls

method	url	body	actions
POST	http://localhost:8081/register	{"username": "shaad","password":"1234"}	Register new user
POST	http://localhost:8081/login	{"username": "shaad","password":"1234"}	Loggin In the user
POST	http://localhost:8080/logout		Logging Out
GET	http://localhost:8081/books		Returns Details of all books
GET	http://localhost:8081/books/simple		Return list of books name
GET	http://localhost:8081/books/isbn/{ISBN}		Returns Details of the Book of the given ISBN
GET	http://localhost:8081/books/name{BookName}		Return Details of the given book name
GET	http://localhost:8081/authors		Return list of authors
GET	http://localhost:8081/authors/{AuthorName}		Returns Details of the given author
DELETE	http://localhost:8081/books/{ISBN}		Delete the book entry matching ISBN
POST	http://localhost:8081/books/	Given Below	Adds a new book in the list
PUT	http://localhost:8081/books/{ISBN}	Given Below	Updates a book information

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Request Body for POST and PUT methods to add and update book information. To update book information we must pass book_name, authorname and isbn correctly and only fill other fields which needs to be updated

{
    "book_name" : "The Sicilian",
    "author_info" : {
        "name" : "Mario Puzo",
        "date_of_birth" : "October 15, 1920",
        "birth_place" : "United States"
    },
    "ISBN" : "0-671-43564-7",
    "Genre" : "Thriller",
    "Publisher" : "Random House"
}