API Reference

Genres

HTTP Method	API URL	What it does	Sample Request Body
GET	/api/v1/genres	get all genres	-
GET	/api/v1/genres/:id	get a genre with a specific id	-
POST	/api/v1/genres	create a new genre	{ "name": "Textbooks" }
POST	/api/v1/genres/:parentId	add a subgenre to parent genre	{ "name": "Computer Science" }
PUT	/api/v1/genres/:id	update an existing genre	{ "name": "Educational" }
DELETE	/api/v1/genres/:id	update an existing genre	-

Authors

HTTP Method	API URL	What it does	Sample Request Body
GET	/api/v1/authors	get all authors	-
GET	/api/v1/authors/:id	get an author with a specific id	-
POST	/api/v1/authors	create a new author	{ "name": "Mosh Hamedani" }
PUT	/api/v1/authors/:id	update an existing author	{ "name": "Moshfegh Hamedani" }
DELETE	/api/v1/authors/:id	update an existing author	-

Books

HTTP Method	API URL	What it does	Sample Request Body
GET	/api/v1/books	get all books	-
GET	/api/v1/books/:id	get a book with a specific id	-
POST	/api/v1/books	create a new book	{ "name": "Cracking the PM Interview","genreId": "60a795c2a3da7e7451e6fb5a", "quantity": 3, "unitPrice": 200, "authorName": Gayle L Mcdowell" }
PUT	/api/v1/books/:id	update an existing book	{ "quantity": 100, "unitPrice": 100 }
DELETE	/api/v1/books/:id	update an existing book	-

Search

HTTP Method	API URL	What it does	Sample Request Body
GET	/api/v1/search/byName/:bookName	get all books by bookName	-
GET	/api/v1/search/byGenre/:genreId	get all books with a specific genreId	-
GET	/api/v1/search/byAuthor/:authorName	get all the books by authorName	-

Buy

HTTP Method	API URL	What it does	Sample Request Body
POST	/api/v1/buy	create a new transaction	{ "bookId": "60a7f22079308bcfd3d9bc12","quantity": 1, "unitPrice": 100 }
PUT	/api/v1/buy/rate/:transactionId	rate a transaction	{ "transactionRating": 2 }