💡 Random Ideas

A backend API designed for managing and sharing random ideas with CRUD operations.

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📌 Project Overview

Random Ideas is a RESTful API built using Node.js, Express.js, and MongoDB Atlas. The API facilitates the management of ideas and user data with endpoints for creating, reading, updating, and deleting resources.

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🔧 Technologies Used

• Node.js: Runtime environment for building the backend.
• Express.js: Framework for API development.
• MongoDB Atlas: Cloud-based NoSQL database for storing ideas and user data.

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⚙️ REST API Information

Endpoints

1️⃣ Ideas Resource

• Endpoint: /api/ideas
• CRUD Operations:
  • GET /api/ideas: Retrieve all ideas.
  • POST /api/ideas: Create a new idea.
  • PUT /api/ideas/:id: Update an existing idea by ID.
  • DELETE /api/ideas/:id: Delete an idea by ID.

2️⃣ Users Resource

• Endpoint: /api/users
• CRUD Operations:
  • GET /api/users: Retrieve all users.
  • POST /api/users: Register a new user.
  • PUT /api/users/:id: Update user details by ID.
  • DELETE /api/users/:id: Delete a user by ID.

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🛠️ Methodology

The project is built on the CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete) methodology to handle the following resources:

1. Ideas
2. Users

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🚀 Running the Backend

Follow these steps to set up and run the backend server:

1. Install Dependencies
   Navigate to the project directory and run:

   npm install