Sup - a messaging API

Sup is a simple messaging API. Users can be created, updated, edited, and deleted. Messages can be sent between any two users of Sup.

API Documentation

Users endpoints

/users

Endpoint representing all users of Sup.

GET /users

Get an array of all users of Sup.

URL parameters:

None

Data parameters:

None

Query string parameters:

None

Returns:

An array of all users.

Example:

> GET /users

< Status: 200 OK
< [
<     {
<         "_id": "000000000000000000000000",
<         "username": "alice"
<     }
< ]

---

POST /users

Add a user to Sup

URL Parameters:

None

Data parameters:

• The user to add

Query string parameters:

None

Returns:

An empty object.

Example:

> POST /users
> {
>     "username": "alice"
> }

< Status: 201 Created
< Location: /users/000000000000000000000000
< {
< }

/users/:userId

Endpoint representing a single user of Sup.

GET /users/:userId

Get a single user of Sup.

URL parameters:

• userId - The ObjectId of the user.

Data parameters:

None

Query string parameters:

None

Returns:

A JSON object of the user.

Example:

> GET /users/000000000000000000000000

< Status: 200 OK
< {
<     "_id": "000000000000000000000000",
<     "username": "alice"
< }

---

PUT /users/:userId

Add or edit a Sup user.

URL parameters:

• userId - The ObjectId of the user to add or edit.

Data parameters:

• The user to add or edit

Query string parameters:

None

Returns:

An empty object.

Example:

> PUT /users/0000000000000000000000000
> {
>     "username": "alice"
> }

< Status: 200 OK
< {
< }

---

DELETE /users/:userId

Delete a Sup user.

URL parameters:

• userId - The ObjectId of the user to delete.

Data parameters:

None

Query string parameters:

None

Returns:

An empty object.

Example:

> DELETE /users/0000000000000000000000000

< Status: 200 OK
< {
< }

Messages endpoints

/messages

Endpoint representing all messages in Sup.

GET /messages

Get an array of messages in Sup.

URL parameters:

None

Data parameters:

None

Query string parameters:

• from - Only select messages from the user with the corresponding ObjectId
• to - Only select messages to the user with the corresponding ObjectId

Returns:

An array of messages.

Example:

> GET /messages

< Status: 200 OK
< [
<     {
<         "_id": "000000000000000000000000",
<         "text": "Hi Bob",
<         "from": {
<             "_id": "0000000000000000000000000",
<             "username": "alice"
<         },
<         "to": {
<             "_id": "1111111111111111111111111",
<             "username": "bob"
<         }
<     }
< ]

---

POST /messages

Add a message.

URL Parameters:

None

Data parameters:

• The message to add, with a sender and recipient

Query string parameters:

None

Returns:

An empty object.

Example:

> POST /messages
> {
>     "text": "Hi Bob",
>     "from": "0000000000000000000000000",
>     "to": "1111111111111111111111111"
> }

< Status: 201 Created
< Location: /messages/000000000000000000000000
< {
< }

/message/:messageId

Endpoint representing a single message.

GET /messages/:messageId

Get a single message.

URL parameters:

• messageId - The ObjectId of the message.

Data parameters:

None

Query string parameters:

None

Returns:

A JSON object of the message.

Example:

> GET /messages/000000000000000000000000

< Status: 200 OK
< {
<     "_id": "000000000000000000000000",
<     "text": "Hi Bob",
<     "from": {
<         "_id": "0000000000000000000000000",
<         "username": "alice"
<     },
<     "to": {
<         "_id": "1111111111111111111111111",
<         "username": "bob"
<     }
< }

Error objects

If an error occurs then the API will send a JSON error object in the following format, with an appropriate status code:

{
    "message": "A description of the error"
}