How to run the project - express-examples/sqlite

Installing Node.js

For create the application I installed node.js and its package manager npm. For doing that I just typed:

$ sudo aptitude install nodejs npm

My actual linux installation (obsolete):

$ cat /etc/issue
 Ubuntu 10.10 \n \l

My actual node.js packages are:

$ dpkg -l node\* npm
...
ii  nodejs                      0.8.2-1chl1~maverick1       Node.js event-based server-side javascript engine
ii  nodejs-dev                  0.8.2-1chl1~maverick1       Development files for Node.js
ii  npm                         1.1.39-1chl1~maverick1      package manager for nodejs

Note: If you want to install an specific version, you can do it directly from the sources.

Downloading the code

$ git clone https://github.com/camposer/express-examples.git

Starting the server

$ cd express-examples
$ cd sqlite
$ node app
Express server listening on port 3000

Running the app

Just enter in your browser: http://localhost:3000

Testing the REST services

You can test the REST services directly using CURL (installing it is as simple as enter: `sudo aptitude install curl`). Inside the app there is a script named curltest.sh.

echo "getUsers"
curl -X GET http://localhost:3000/rest/users; echo

echo "getUserById"
curl -X GET http://localhost:3000/rest/users/1; echo

echo "addUser"
curl -X PUT -H "Content-type:application/x-www-form-urlencoded" -d "name=rodolfo" http://localhost:3000/rest/users; echo

echo "updateUser"
curl -X POST -H "Content-type:application/x-www-form-urlencoded" -d "id=1&name=juan" http://localhost:3000/rest/users; echo

echo "deleteUser"
curl -X DELETE -H "Content-type:application/x-www-form-urlencoded" -d "id=1" http://localhost:3000/rest/users; echo