Lesson 6: Task Manager API Part 2

Lesson Page

Tutorial video from 1:29:00 to 3:07:18.

Students finish the task manager API, which they started last week. This is the first proper API with a database connection (MongoDB) in the course.

Students add 3 features:

• Input Validation
• Error Handling
• Additional CRUD Operations (some more exotic HTTP methods)

Students should have completed the following in the 03-task-manager/starter directory:

• app.js: updated to use their defined not-found and error-handler middleware and serving static code from the public folder (the code in the public folder is created already for them)
• controllers/tasks.js: all routes should now fully talk to the database and forward requests to the error handler middleware if there are errors saving to the database
• errors/cusotm-errors.js: custom error class
• middleware/async.js: custom async wrapper to be used in all the tasks routers
• middleware/error-handler.js: custom middleware for handling errors using the custom error class
• middleware/not-found.js: custom middleware for handling 404 route not found errors
• models/Task.js: should have added required fields and validation fields to the model

Additional Assignment

Expect to find a file QuizAnswers2.txt with answers to open-ended questions. Look at the lesson page for details.