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AppointsApi
AppointsApiisasimpleexampleappointmentschedulerRESTAPIbuiltwithNode.js,Express4andMongodb.Aclientthat
consumesthisAPIcanbefoundathttps://github.com/martijnboland/appointsclient.

Features
Create,view,updateanddeleteappointments
Tokenbasedauthenticationwith3rdpartyproviders(Facebook&Google)
HypermediaAPI(HAL,seehttp://stateless.co/hal_specification.html)
Fullintegrationtestsuite

Gettingstarted
1. Node.jsneedstobeinstalledonyourmachine
2. MakesureyouhaveaccesstoaMongoDBinstance,eitheronyourlocalmachineorsomewhereinthecloud.Thetest
suiteisconfiguredbydefaulttousealocaldatabasewiththename'appointstest'

3. Clonetherepository:

gitclonehttps://github.com/martijnboland/appointsapinode.git

4. Installpackages:

npminstall

5. Createaconfigfileforthedevelopmentenvironmentbycopying/config/example.jsto/config/development.js.

6. Runtheserver(defaultonhttp://localhost:3000/):

nodeindex.js

Youcanruntheintegrationtestsuitewith:

npmtest(*nix,MacOSX)
runtests.bat(Windows)

Usage
Whentheserverisrunninglocally,youcantrytheapiwithabrowser,curloranAPItestingtoollikePostman.Ifyoudon't
havealocalserverrunning,youcantrytheAPIathttps://appointsapi.azurewebsites.net/insteadofhttp://localhost:3000/.

Thedefaultresponsecontenttypeisapplication/hal+json.It'salsopossibletorequestapplication/jsonbyaddingthe

Accept:application/jsonheadertotherequest.POST,PUTandPATCHrequestsneedtohavetheircontenttypesetto
application/json.
StartwithGEThttp://localhost:3000/:

{
"message":"AppointsserviceAPI",
"details":"ThisisaRESTapiwhereyoucanscheduleappointmentsfor<insertbusinesshere>",
"_links":{
"self":{"href":"/"},
"me":{"href":"/me"},
"appointments":{"href":"/appointments"}
}
}

Followingthelinks,youcansee2otherresources:/meand/appointments.Let'sgoto/meandseewhathappens:

{
"message":"Accessto/meisnotallowed.",
"details":"NoAuthorizationheaderwasfound.FormatisAuthorization:Bearer[token]",
"_links":{
"auth_facebook":{"href":"/auth/facebook"},
"auth_google":{"href":"/auth/google"}
}
}

Alright,sowe'renotsupposedtoviewtheresourceunauthenticatedandweneedtosupplyanauthorizationtoken.Howcan
wegetatoken?Perhapsfollowoneofthelinks?We'regoingtotrytheGoogleroute:http://localhost:3000/auth/google.At
thispointtherearetwooptions:

1. DoaGETrequesttohttp://localhost:3000/auth/googlethatwillredirecttotheGoogleauthentication/authorization
pagethatredirectsbacktoourAPIaftersuccessfulauthorization.Afterthis,wegenerateourownJWTtokenand
redirectagainwiththeaccess_tokeninthehash:http://localhost/auth/loggedin#access_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJK....From
here,thingsareunfortunatelyabithackybecausethisistheonlyplacewheretheAPIdoesn'treturnaniceJSON
responsebutHTMLwithascriptthatpoststheaccess_tokenbacktotheopenerwindow:

if(window.opener){window.opener.postMessage(window.location.hash.replace("#access_token=",""),"*");}

Thistofacilitatebrowserclientsfromotherdomainsthatuseapopupbrowserwindowfortheauthenticationflowbutcan
notaccesstheaccess_tokenhashduetocrossdomainrestrictions.WithpostMessage()it'spossibletosendvalues
betweenbrowserwindowsanddifferentdomains.

2. DoaPOSTrequesttohttp://localhost:3000/auth/googlewithanalreadyobtainedtokenviasomeclientAPI.This
generatesourauthorizationtoken:

{
"message":"Authenticationsuccessful",
"token":"eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpZCI6IjUzN2Y2Yjk4MzFhNTEyYWJjY2Q1OGE5OCIsImVtYWlsIjoibWFydGlqbmJvbGF
"_links":{
"self":{"href":"/"},
"me":{"href":"/me"},
"appointments":{"href":"/appointments"}
}
}

Ifthingswentalright,wenowhavetheauthorizationtoken.Trythe/melinkagainbutnowwiththeauthorizationheader
HTTPHEADERset:

Authorization:BearereyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpZCI6IjUzN2Y2Yjk4MzFhNTEyYWJjY2Q1OGE5OCIsImVtYWlsIjoibWFydGlqbmJ

whichreturns:

{
"_links":{
"self":{"href":"/users/537f6b9831a512abccd58a98"}
},
"userId":"89928749324",
"provider":"google",
"email":"[email protected]",
"displayName":"Agoogleuser",
"roles":["customer"]
}

Lookinggood!Wherecanwegonext?Westillhaveonelinklefttotry:/appointments.Herewecanmanageour
appointments(create,view,updateanddeletewiththestandardGET,POST,PUT,PATCHandDELETEHTTPverbs).Let's
createanewappointmentbyPOSTingto/appointments(withtheauthorizationheadersetproperly).Thedataforthe
appointmentis:

{
"title":"Freshhaircut",
"dateAndTime":"20140601T14:45:00.000Z",
"endDateAndTime":"20140601T15:15:00.000Z",
"duration":30,
"remarks":"Sameaslasttime"
}

TheresponsehasHTTPstatuscode201(created)andthebodycontainsthenewlycreatedappointment:

{
"_links":{
"self":{"href":"/appointments/53838715fd51be21ee42b7d4"},
"user":{
"href":"/users/537f6b9831a512abccd58a98",
"title":"Agoogleuser"
}
},
"id":"53838715fd51be21ee42b7d4",
"title":"Freshhaircut",

"dateAndTime":"20140601T14:45:00.000Z",
"endDateAndTime":"20140601T15:15:00.000Z",
"duration":30,
"remarks":"Sameaslasttime"
}

TheappointmentisstoredinthedatabaseandaGETrequestfor/appointmentsreturnsallourappointments:

{
"_links":{
"self":{"href":"/appointments"}
},
"_embedded":{
"appointment":[{
"_links":{
"self":{"href":"/appointments/53838715fd51be21ee42b7d4"},
"user":{
"href":"/users/537f6b9831a512abccd58a98",
"title":"Agoogleuser"
}
},
"id":"53838715fd51be21ee42b7d4",
"title":"Freshhaircut",
"dateAndTime":"20140601T14:45:00.000Z",
"endDateAndTime":"20140601T15:15:00.000Z",
"duration":30,
"remarks":"Sameaslasttime"
}]
},
"count":1
}

Existingappointmentscanbemodifiedordeletedat/appointments/:idwiththePUT,PATCHandDELETEverbs.Let'ssay
wewanttorescheduletheappointment.ThiscanbedonebysendingaPATCHrequestto

/appointments/53838715fd51be21ee42b7d4withthenewdateandtime:

{
"dateAndTime":"20140601T17:15:00.000Z",
"endDateAndTime":"20140601T17:45:00.000Z",
"remarks":"Sameaslasttime(rescheduledfrom14:45to17:15)"
}

ThisreturnsthemodifiedresourceasresponsewithHTTPstatuscode200:

{
"_links":{
"self":{"href":"/appointments/53838715fd51be21ee42b7d4"},
"user":{
"href":"/users/537f6b9831a512abccd58a98",
"title":"Agoogleuser"
}
},
"id":"53838715fd51be21ee42b7d4",
"title":"Freshhaircut",
"dateAndTime":"20140601T17:15:00.000Z",
"endDateAndTime":"20140601T17:45:00.000Z",
"duration":30,
"remarks":"Sameaslasttime(rescheduledfrom14:45to17:15)"
}

Securitywarning
Theauthorizationheadercontainssensitiveinformation.AlwaysuseSSLwhendeployinganAPIlikethisinaproduction
environment.

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