Backend Routes

HTML

• GET / StaticPagesController#root

API Endpoints

users

• POST /api/users - sign up
• GET /api/users/:userId - returns the user information
• PATCH /api/users/:userId - edit user information
• User Search Feature
  • GET /api/users - returns list of users
  • POST /api/users/:name - returns users that match the name wildcard
  • POST /api/users/:userId/:name - returns friends of current_user that match the name wildcard

session

• POST /api/session - log in
• DELETE /api/session - log out

friendships

• POST /api/friendships - create a friendship request
• PATCH /api/friendships/:friendshipId - accept friendship request
• DELETE /api/friendships/:friendshipId - remove/reject a friendship request

posts

• GET /api/posts - return posts on current_user and their friends timelines
• GET /api/posts/:postId - return post
• GET /api/users/:userId/posts - return posts from userId timeline
• POST /api/users/:userId/posts - creates a post on userId timeline
• PATCH /api/posts/:postId - edit a post
• DELETE /api/posts/:postId - remove a post

comments

• GET /api/posts/:postId/comments - return comments on post
  • comments will be rendered in post show so might be deprecated later
• POST /api/posts/:postId/comments - create a comment on a post
• PATCH /api/comments/:commentId - edit a comment
• DELETE /api/comments/:commentId - remove a comment
  • child comments also removed

tags

• POST /api/tags - create a tag
• DELETE /api/tags/:tagId - remove a tag

likes

• POST /api/likes - create a like
• DELETE /api/likes/:likeId - remove a like