backend/research/API Documentation.md

API Documentation

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Values required in bold.

Accounts | account

field	data type	metadata
id	unsigned integer	primary key, auto-increments, generated by database
username	string	required
email	string	required
password	string	required
timezone	string
earliest_time	string
latest_time	string
created_at	datetime	generated by database

Add an account

POST /api/account

Request

A json object for the user to register with username, email, password, timezone, earliest_time and latest_time.

{
  "username": "jean,
  "email": "jean@example.com",
  "password": "really-strong-password",
  "timezone": "Europe/Brussels",
  "earliest_time":"09:30 AM",
  "latest_time":"10:00 PM"
}

Response

A json object for the registered user with id, username, email, timezone, earliest_time and latest_time.

{
  "id": 1,
  "username": "jean",
  "email": "jean@example.com",
  "timezone": "Europe/Brussels",
  "earliest_time":"09:30 AM",
  "latest_time":"10:00 PM"
}

Update an account

PUT /api/account/:id

Request

A json object for the user to register with id and any of username, email, password, timezone, earliest_time, latest_time.

{
  "id": 15,
  "earliest_time":"08:30 AM",
  "latest_time":"08:00 PM"
}

Response

A json object for the registered user with id, username, email, timezone, earliest_time and latest_time.

{
  "id": 1,
  "username": "jean",
  "email": "jean@example.com",
  "timezone": "Europe/Brussels",
  "earliest_time":"09:30 AM",
  "latest_time":"10:00 PM"
}

Delete an account

DELETE /api/account/:id

Request

A json object for the user to delete with id.

{
  "id": 15
}

Response

A json object for the deleted user with username and email.

{
  "username": "jean",
  "email": "jean@example.com"
}

Log in an account

POST /api/account

Request

A json object for the user to login with either email or username, and password .

{
  "username": "jean",
  "password": "super-strong-password"
}

Response

A json object with the logged in user with username and email.

{
  "id": 1,
  "username": "jean",
  "email": "jean@example.com",
  "timezone": "Europe/Brussels",
  "earliest_time":"09:30 AM",
  "latest_time":"10:00 PM"
}