This social network API is a backend application using Node.js, Express, and MongoDB. It creates a database of users who can share thoughts, add friends, and react to other user's thoughts.

• Installation
• Usage
• License
• Features
• Contributing
• Questions

• To use this API you would need to clone the repository, and use it locally.

• Once you have the code locally, type "npm run start" to create a connection to the server. Use an API client to use the one of the following routes:

✅ GET - http://localhost:3001/api/users - Retrieves all users.

☑️ POST - http://localhost:3001/api/users - Allows you to add a new user, using the following format for the request:

NOTE: Usernames will be converted to lowercase and all spaces will be removed.

✅ GET - http://localhost:3001/api/users/:id - Retrieves a single user, using the _id property from the database.

☑️ PUT - http://localhost:3001/api/users/:id - Updates a current user, using the following format for the request:

❌ DELETE - http://localhost:3001/api/users/:id - Removes a user from the database.

NOTE: Removing a user will also remove any thoughts by that user.

☑️ POST - http://localhost:3001/api/users/:id/friends/:friendId - Adds a friend to the selected user. No JSON is needed for this request. The user's id and the friend's id will be pulled from the url.

❌ DELETE - http://localhost:3001/api/users/:id/friends/:friendId - Removes a friend from the user's list.

NOTE: Adding a friend to a user's list will NOT automatically add the user to the friend's list. Likewise, removing a friend from a user's list will NOT automatically remove the user from the friend's list.

✅ GET - http://localhost:3001/api/thoughts - Retrieves all thoughts.

☑️ POST - http://localhost:3001/api/thoughts - Adds a new thought to the database, using the following format for the request:

NOTE: All thoughts and reactions are restricted to a 280 character maximum.

✅ GET - http://localhost:3001/api/thoughts/:thoughtId - Retrieves a single thought.

☑️ PUT - http://localhost:3001/api/thoughts/:thoughtId - Updates a thought, using the following format for the request:

❌ DELETE - http://localhost:3001/api/thoughts/:thoughtId - Removes a thought from the database.

☑️ POST - http://localhost:3001/api/thoughts/:thoughtId/reactions - Adds a new reaction to the thought referenced in the url, using the following format:

❌ DELETE - http://localhost:3001/api/thoughts/thoughtId/reactions/:reactionId - Removes a reaction from the thought referenced in the url.

Here is a link to the walkthrough video of the application.

• This application is licenced under the MIT License

• Contributions are welcome. Please create an independent branch and go through the customary and polite channels to initiate collaboration.

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