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Example of Create

Let's write the endpoint that query user balance data from the database and response to the user.

    This the schema of sample database 👇🏻

    Screenshot 2024-04-24 142041.png

    1. Let's create a first endpoint query balance from the database by create getBalance.js in controller->transaction directory

    Screenshot 2024-04-24 151734.png

    then use the code below.

      In the path /balance, it will query from balance of the users table. We will use the .query() method to insert your SQL query. The second argument to the .query() method is a callback function (err, rows), which will be called when the MySQL send the response. The callback function takes two arguments, err and rows, which represent the error of the database and rows objects for response data from MySQL database. If we found an error, we will response the error message to the client. else, we will return row which is data from the users table from the database. 👇🏻
      const connection = require("../../services/database");
      
      const getBalance = async (req, res) => {
      	// Assign the params as a variable
      	const userId = req.query.userId;
      
      	// Regex to check the userId is a number only or not
      	const checkUserId = new RegExp(/^\d+$/).test(userId); // Boolean
      
      	// Check if the userId is not exist or is not a number, return json with an error
      	if (!userId || !checkUserId) {
      		return res.json({
      			success: false,
      			data: null,
      			error: "user_id is invalid",
      		});
      	}
      	// Query the data from the database
      	try {
      		// Get user balance data
      		const userBalanceQuery = await connection
      			.promise()
      			.query(`SELECT balance FROM users WHERE id = ${userId}`);
      		const userBalance = userBalanceQuery[0][0];
      		// Check if user data is empty
      		if (!userBalance) {
      			return res.status(404).json({
      				success: false,
      				data: null,
      				error: "User not found",
      			});
      		}
      		// Return data to the client if success
      		return res.json({
      			success: true,
      			data: userBalance,
      			error: null,
      		});
      	} catch (error) {
      		console.error("Error:", error);
      		return res.status(500).json({
      			success: false,
      			data: null,
      			error: "Internal server error",
      		});
      	}
      };
      
      module.exports = getBalance;

      2. Create transaction.js under routers and create router for transaction

      const express = require("express");
      const getBalance = require("../controllers/transactions/getBalance");
      const transactionsRouter = express.Router();
      
      transactionsRouter.get("/balance", getBalance);
      
      module.exports = transactionsRouter;
      

      3. Import transactionsRouter into index.js and make a path

      const express = require("express");
      const app = express();
      // Add
      const transactionsRouter = require("./routers/transactions");
      const port = 5000;
      app.use(express.json());
      // Add
      app.use("/transactions", transactionsRouter);
      app.listen(port, () => {
      	console.log(`Example app listening on port ${port}`);
      });
      

      4. Let's run your application again, and use postman with  localhost:5000/transactions/balance?userId=1

        You will see the result like this.

        Screenshot 2024-04-24 153217.png

        Another example of Read

        1. Create getAll.js under directory controller->users

        Screenshot 2024-04-24 155305.png

        2. Create an endpoint query all users from the database using the code below in getAll.js

        const connection = require("../../services/database");
        
        const getAll = async (req, res) => {
        	// Query the data from the database
        	try {
        		// Get user data
        		const userDataQuery = await connection
        			.promise()
        			.query(`SELECT * FROM users`);
        		const userData = userDataQuery[0];
        
        		// Check if user data is empty
        		if (!userData) {
        			return res.status(404).json({
        				success: false,
        				data: null,
        				error: "There is no user data in the database",
        			});
        		}
        		// Return data to the client if success
        		return res.json({
        			success: true,
        			data: userData,
        			error: null,
        		});
        	} catch (error) {
        		console.error("Error:", error);
        		return res.status(500).json({
        			success: false,
        			data: null,
        			error: "Internal server error",
        		});
        	}
        };
        module.exports = getAll;

        3. Create users.js under directory routers and write

        const express = require("express");
        const getAll = require("../controllers/users/getAll");
        const usersRouter = express.Router();
        
        usersRouter.get("/all", getAll);
        
        module.exports = usersRouter;

        4. Import usersRouter into index.js and make a path

        const express = require("express");
        const app = express();
        const usersRouter = require("./routers/users");
        const transactionsRouter = require("./routers/transactions");
        const port = 5000;
        app.use(express.json());
        
        app.use("/users", usersRouter);
        app.use("/transactions", transactionsRouter);
        
        app.listen(port, () => {
        	console.log(`Example app listening on port ${port}`);
        });

        5. Let's run your application again, and use postman with  localhost:5000/users/all

          You will see the result like this.

          Screenshot 2024-04-24 162548.png

            Example of Create 

              Let's create a first endpoint query balance from the database by create getBalance.js in controller->transaction directory

                  Create a request. http://127.0.0.1:3000/todo?todo_id=1

                    Click Send The response from your backend application 👇🏻

                    Example of the POST method

                      Create an endpoint that create a user

                        Before writing a request, we need to install the library body-parser first.

                        npm i body-parser

                        Because Express JS cannot read the JSON body request directly, So we need to install body-parser first.

                        const bodyParser = require("body-parser"); // import the body-parser
                        
                        // parse various different custom JSON types as JSON
                        app.use(bodyParser.json({ type: "application/json" }));
                        

                        Code ...

                        const express = require("express");
                        const app = express();
                        const mysql = require("mysql2");
                        const bodyParser = require("body-parser"); 👈🏻
                        const port = 3000;
                        
                        const connection = mysql.createConnection({
                          host: "server2.mixkoap.com",
                          port: "6103",
                          user: "root",
                          password: "root_apisitmaneerat",
                          database: "csc105-workshop",
                        });
                        
                        // Connect to database
                        connection.connect();
                        
                        console.log("Database is connected");
                        
                        // parse various different custom JSON types as JSON
                        app.use(bodyParser.json({ type: "application/json" })); 👈🏻
                        
                        app.get("/", (req, res) => {
                          res.send("Hello World!");
                        });
                        .
                        .
                        .
                        .
                        .
                        .
                        
                          Create an endpoint
                          app.post("/todo/create", (req, res) => {
                            // The JSON body
                            const payload = req.body;
                          
                            connection.query(
                              `INSERT INTO users (username) VALUES (?)`, [payload.userName], (err, rows) => {
                                // Check if cannot find the data in the database then return the error
                                if (err) {
                                  res.json({
                                    success: false,
                                    data: null,
                                    error: err.message,
                                  });
                                } else {
                                  // Return data to the client if success
                                  console.log(rows);
                                  if (rows) {
                                    res.json({
                                      success: true,
                                      data: {
                                        message: "create success",
                                      },
                                    });
                                  }
                                }
                              }
                            );
                          });
                          
                            The request body mostly send in JSON format 👆🏻 Create a request in Postman and change the HTTP method to POST

                            ****Remark - HTTP Methods 👇🏻

                              Add the JSON body 👇🏻

                              http://127.0.0.1:3000/todo/create

                              {
                                  "userName" : "Apisit Maneerat"
                              }
                              

                                Click Send

                                  The response from your backend application. 👆🏻

                                  In the Database 👇🏻

                                    For more detail

                                    Example of the PATCH method

                                      Create an endpoint that edit the data in the Database
                                        For example we are going to change the name and detail from id = 1

                                          Create the endpoint For this endpoint we use .patch() because we are going to edit some fields that you specific in the Database.
                                          app.patch("/todo/edit", (req, res) => {
                                            // The JSON body
                                            const payload = req.body;
                                          
                                            console.log(payload);
                                          
                                            connection.query(
                                              "UPDATE items SET name = ?, detail = ? WHERE id = ?", [payload.name, payload.detail, payload.id],
                                              (err, rows) => {
                                                // Check if cannot find the data in the database then return the error
                                                if (err) {
                                                  res.json({
                                                    success: false,
                                                    data: null,
                                                    error: err.message,
                                                  });
                                                } else {
                                                  // Return data to the client if success
                                                  if (rows) {
                                                    res.json({
                                                      success: true,
                                                      data: {
                                                        message: "update successfully",
                                                      },
                                                    });
                                                  }
                                                }
                                              }
                                            );
                                          });
                                          
                                            Create a request in Postman

                                              Click Send

                                              Example of the DELETE method

                                                Create an endpoint that delete the data from the links table in the database.
                                                  For this endpoint, we will use .delete() because we are going to delete data from the database. We use query string to get the data from the client Create an endpoint 👇🏻
                                                  app.delete("/todo/delete", (req, res) => {
                                                    // Assign the params as a variable
                                                    const id = req.query.id;
                                                    const todoId = req.query.todo_id;
                                                  
                                                    connection.query(
                                                      `DELETE FROM links where id = ? AND todo_id = ?`, [id, todoId],
                                                      (err, rows) => {
                                                        // Check if cannot find the data in the database then return the error
                                                        if (err) {
                                                          res.json({
                                                            success: false,
                                                            data: null,
                                                            error: err.message,
                                                          });
                                                        } else {
                                                          if (rows) {
                                                            res.json({
                                                              success: true,
                                                              data: {
                                                                message: "delete successfully",
                                                              },
                                                            });
                                                          }
                                                        }
                                                      }
                                                    );
                                                  });
                                                  
                                                    Create a request in Postman

                                                      Click Send

                                                      --- End of the example ----

                                                      ** This is the finalized code for this example 👇🏻

                                                      const express = require("express");
                                                      const app = express();
                                                      const mysql = require("mysql2");
                                                      const bodyParser = require("body-parser");
                                                      const port = 3000;
                                                      
                                                      const connection = mysql.createConnection({
                                                        host: "server2.mixkoap.com",
                                                        port: "6103",
                                                        user: "root",
                                                        password: "root_apisitmaneerat",
                                                        database: "csc105-workshop",
                                                      });
                                                      
                                                      // Connect to database
                                                      connection.connect();
                                                      
                                                      console.log("Database is connected");
                                                      
                                                      // parse various different custom JSON types as JSON
                                                      app.use(bodyParser.json({ type: "application/json" }));
                                                      
                                                      app.get("/", (req, res) => {
                                                        res.send("Hello World!");
                                                      });
                                                      
                                                      app.get("/hello", (req, res) => {
                                                        res.json({
                                                          name: "Apisit Maneerat",
                                                          nickName: "Mixko",
                                                          university: "KMUTT",
                                                        });
                                                      });
                                                      
                                                      app.get("/todo/all", (req, res) => {
                                                        connection.query("SELECT * FROM items", (err, rows) => {
                                                          // Check if cannot find the data in the database then return the error
                                                          if (err) {
                                                            res.json({
                                                              success: false,
                                                              data: null,
                                                              error: err.message,
                                                            });
                                                          } else {
                                                            // Return data to the client if success
                                                            res.json({
                                                              success: true,
                                                              data: rows,
                                                              error: null,
                                                            });
                                                          }
                                                        });
                                                      });
                                                      
                                                      app.get("/todo", (req, res) => {
                                                        // Assign the params as a variable
                                                        // https://medium.com/@joseph.pyram/9-parts-of-a-url-that-you-should-know-89fea8e11713
                                                        const todoId = req.query.todo_id;
                                                      
                                                        // Regex to check the todo_is is a number only or not
                                                        const checkTodoId = new RegExp(/^\d+$/).test(todoId); // Boolean
                                                      
                                                        // Check if the todo_id is not exist or is not a number, return json with an error
                                                        if (!todoId || !checkTodoId) {
                                                          res.json({
                                                            success: false,
                                                            data: null,
                                                            error: "todo_id is invalid",
                                                          });
                                                        }
                                                      
                                                        connection.query(`SELECT * FROM items WHERE id = ${todoId}`, (err, rows) => {
                                                          // Check if cannot find the data in the database then return the error
                                                          if (err) {
                                                            res.json({
                                                              success: false,
                                                              data: null,
                                                              error: `Data not found ${err.message}`,
                                                            });
                                                          } else {
                                                            // Return data to the client if success
                                                            if (rows[0]) {
                                                              res.json({
                                                                success: true,
                                                                data: rows[0],
                                                                error: null,
                                                              });
                                                            } else {
                                                              res.json({
                                                                success: true,
                                                                data: null,
                                                                error: null,
                                                              });
                                                            }
                                                          }
                                                        });
                                                      });
                                                      
                                                      app.post("/todo/create", (req, res) => {
                                                        // The JSON body
                                                        const payload = req.body;
                                                      
                                                        connection.query(
                                                          `INSERT INTO users (username) VALUES (?)`,
                                                          [payload.userName],
                                                          (err, rows) => {
                                                            // Check if cannot find the data in the database then return the error
                                                            if (err) {
                                                              res.json({
                                                                success: false,
                                                                data: null,
                                                                error: err.message,
                                                              });
                                                            } else {
                                                              // Return data to the client if success
                                                              if (rows) {
                                                                res.json({
                                                                  success: true,
                                                                  data: {
                                                                    message: "create successfully",
                                                                  },
                                                                });
                                                              }
                                                            }
                                                          }
                                                        );
                                                      });
                                                      
                                                      app.patch("/todo/edit", (req, res) => {
                                                        // The JSON body
                                                        const payload = req.body;
                                                      
                                                        console.log(payload);
                                                      
                                                        connection.query(
                                                          "UPDATE items SET name = ?, detail = ? WHERE id = ?",
                                                          [payload.name, payload.detail, payload.id],
                                                          (err, rows) => {
                                                            // Check if cannot find the data in the database then return the error
                                                            if (err) {
                                                              res.json({
                                                                success: false,
                                                                data: null,
                                                                error: err.message,
                                                              });
                                                            } else {
                                                              // Return data to the client if success
                                                              if (rows) {
                                                                res.json({
                                                                  success: true,
                                                                  data: {
                                                                    message: "update successfully",
                                                                  },
                                                                });
                                                              }
                                                            }
                                                          }
                                                        );
                                                      });
                                                      
                                                      app.delete("/todo/delete", (req, res) => {
                                                        // Assign the params as a variable
                                                        const id = req.query.id;
                                                        const todoId = req.query.todo_id;
                                                      
                                                        connection.query(
                                                          `DELETE FROM links where id = ? AND todo_id = ?`,
                                                          [id, todoId],
                                                          (err, rows) => {
                                                            // Check if cannot find the data in the database then return the error
                                                            if (err) {
                                                              return res.json({
                                                                success: false,
                                                                data: null,
                                                                error: err.message,
                                                              });
                                                            } else {
                                                              if (rows) {
                                                                res.json({
                                                                  success: true,
                                                                  data: {
                                                                    message: "delete successfully",
                                                                  },
                                                                });
                                                              }
                                                            }
                                                          }
                                                        );
                                                      });
                                                      
                                                      app.listen(port, () => {
                                                        console.log(`Example app listening on port ${port}`);
                                                      });
                                                      

                                                      More examples for those who want to create more than one query in one endpoint

                                                      app.get("/todo/from", async (req, res) => {
                                                        const userId = req.query.userId;
                                                      
                                                        // User data
                                                        const userData = await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
                                                          connection.query(
                                                            `SELECT * FROM users WHERE id = ?`,
                                                            [userId],
                                                            (err, rows) => {
                                                              if (err) {
                                                                res.json({
                                                                  suceess: false,
                                                                  error: err.message,
                                                                });
                                                              } else {
                                                                resolve(rows[0]);
                                                              }
                                                            }
                                                          );
                                                        });
                                                      
                                                        // User's todos
                                                        const userTodos = await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
                                                          connection.query(
                                                            `SELECT * FROM items WHERE owner_id = ?`,
                                                            [userId],
                                                            (err, rows) => {
                                                              if (err) {
                                                                res.json({
                                                                  suceess: false,
                                                                  error: err.message,
                                                                });
                                                              } else {
                                                                resolve(rows);
                                                              }
                                                            }
                                                          );
                                                        });
                                                      
                                                        res.json({
                                                          success: true,
                                                          data: {
                                                            user_data: userData,
                                                            todos: userTodos,
                                                          },
                                                          error: null,
                                                        });
                                                      });