Tutorial: REST API with Node.js and MongoDB using Mongoskin and Express.js

express.js

var express = require('express')
  , mongoskin = require('mongoskin')

var app = express()
app.use(express.bodyParser())

var db = mongoskin.db('localhost:27017/test', {safe:true});

app.param('collectionName', function(req, res, next, collectionName){
  req.collection = db.collection(collectionName)
  return next()
})
app.get('/', function(req, res) {
  res.send('please select a collection, e.g., /collections/messages')
})

app.get('/collections/:collectionName', function(req, res) {
  req.collection.find({},{limit:10, sort: [['_id',-1]]}).toArray(function(e, results){
    if (e) return next(e)
    res.send(results)
  })
})

app.post('/collections/:collectionName', function(req, res) {
  req.collection.insert(req.body, {}, function(e, results){
    if (e) return next(e)
    res.send(results)
  })
})


app.get('/collections/:collectionName/:id', function(req, res) {
  req.collection.findOne({_id: req.collection.id(req.params.id)}, function(e, result){
    if (e) return next(e)
    res.send(result)
  })
})
app.put('/collections/:collectionName/:id', function(req, res) {
  req.collection.update({_id: req.collection.id(req.params.id)}, {$set:req.body}, {safe:true, multi:false}, function(e, result){
    if (e) return next(e)
    res.send((result===1)?{msg:'success'}:{msg:'error'})
  })
})
app.del('/collections/:collectionName/:id', function(req, res) {
  req.collection.remove({_id: req.collection.id(req.params.id)}, function(e, result){
    if (e) return next(e)
    res.send((result===1)?{msg:'success'}:{msg:'error'})
  })
})


app.listen(3000)

express.test.js

var superagent = require('superagent')
var expect = require('expect.js')

describe('express rest api server', function(){
  var id

  it('post object', function(done){
    superagent.post('http://localhost:3000/collections/test')
      .send({ name: 'John'
        , email: '[email protected]'
      })
      .end(function(e,res){
        // console.log(res.body)
        expect(e).to.eql(null)
        expect(res.body.length).to.eql(1)
        expect(res.body[0]._id.length).to.eql(24)
        id = res.body[0]._id
        done()
      })    
  })

  it('retrieves an object', function(done){
    superagent.get('http://localhost:3000/collections/test/'+id)
      .end(function(e, res){
        // console.log(res.body)
        expect(e).to.eql(null)
        expect(typeof res.body).to.eql('object')
        expect(res.body._id.length).to.eql(24)        
        expect(res.body._id).to.eql(id)        
        done()
      })
  })

  it('retrieves a collection', function(done){
    superagent.get('http://localhost:3000/collections/test')
      .end(function(e, res){
        // console.log(res.body)
        expect(e).to.eql(null)
        expect(res.body.length).to.be.above(0)
        expect(res.body.map(function (item){return item._id})).to.contain(id)        
        done()
      })
  })

  it('updates an object', function(done){
    superagent.put('http://localhost:3000/collections/test/'+id)
      .send({name: 'Peter'
        , email: '[email protected]'})
      .end(function(e, res){
        // console.log(res.body)
        expect(e).to.eql(null)
        expect(typeof res.body).to.eql('object')
        expect(res.body.msg).to.eql('success')        
        done()
      })
  })

  it('checks an updated object', function(done){
    superagent.get('http://localhost:3000/collections/test/'+id)
      .end(function(e, res){
        // console.log(res.body)
        expect(e).to.eql(null)
        expect(typeof res.body).to.eql('object')
        expect(res.body._id.length).to.eql(24)        
        expect(res.body._id).to.eql(id)        
        expect(res.body.name).to.eql('Peter')        
        done()
      })
  })    
  it('removes an object', function(done){
    superagent.del('http://localhost:3000/collections/test/'+id)
      .end(function(e, res){
        // console.log(res.body)
        expect(e).to.eql(null)
        expect(typeof res.body).to.eql('object')
        expect(res.body.msg).to.eql('success')    
        done()
      })
  })      
})