PastaBin

This is PastaBin's REST API.

PastaBin is a very simplifyed version of Pastbin.

It supports 2 methods:

• GET /:id (or /paste/:id) -> retrieve data of paste with certain id.
  • returns:

  {
      "id": "<id string>",
      "data": "<paste text>",
      "expiresAt": "<ISO 8601 date>"
  }

• POST /paste/ -> create new paste.
  • body:

  {
    "data": "<paste text>"
  }

  • returns:

  {
    "id": "<id>"
  }

Obvious disclaimer: Requirements such as scalability, security, etc. were not taken into account in this assigment.

Getting started

These instructions get the project running on local machine for development and testing purposes.

Prerequisites

To run server

• Node.js 12.22

Database

• MySQL v8

Running locally

Configure environment variables

Copy .env.template file to .env and configure environment variables for development server:

• Port
• Database connection

Launch Express.js web server:

Install NPM dependencies:

npm i

Run the development server:

npm start

Tests

Run

npm test

Live

The API is deployed at: https://api-pastabin.herokuapp.com/