Implement Route Handlers for GET, PUT, and DELETE
Explore how to implement RESTful API route handlers for GET, PUT, and DELETE methods in Express. Understand how to connect controllers to service layers for CRUD operations, redirect base URLs, and send proper HTTP statuses for resource management.
Let’s allow the API consumer to retrieve, update, or delete a recipe by ID. Don’t forget to test the endpoint with Postman!
Implementing route handlers
Let’s make sure that our files contain the following code.
- First, implement the necessary functions in the service layer to perform CRUD operations on the database. Add the following code in the
express-recipes/src/services/recipes.jsfile: