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Writing Simple RestAPI in Nim With HappyX #3

#happyx #nim #tutorial #api

Hi there 👋!

Previously we add posts getting 🙂.

Now we implement post adding ✌.

At first go into src/main.nim and add Request Model

import
  # This will import HappyX framework
  happyx

# Request model AddPost
# with two string fields
model AddPost:
  title: string
  text: string
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After this let's create post addition method 🍍

  # on POST HTTP method at 127.0.0.1:5000/post/
  post "/post/[postData:AddPost]":
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Here we use AddPost as postData immutable var 🎈

Let's add sended post into posts variable

  # on POST HTTP method at 127.0.0.1:5000/post/
  post "/post/[postData:AddPost]":
    posts.add(%*{
      "title": postData.title,
      "text": postData.text
    })
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Here we convert AddPost model to JsonNode object and add it into our posts

Let's says user about post successfully added into our posts ✨
Just add return statement

  # on POST HTTP method at 127.0.0.1:5000/post/
  post "/post/[postData:AddPost]":
    posts.add(%*{
      "title": postData.title,
      "text": postData.text
    })
    return {"response": {
      "index": posts.len - 1
    }}
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You can test it into postman ✌
URL: http://localhost:5000/post/
Method: POST
JSON raw body:

{"title": "Your title", "text": "your text"}
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And try to open http://localhost:5000/posts after adding post 👀

That's all! Good luck ✨

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Do you have discord server?

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nope, only discord profile

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