VUEFinder Backend

This is the backend logic for the VUEfinder mobile application.

USAGE

The API is currently organized as follows:

Main URL:

http://ec2-54-146-151-29.compute-1.amazonaws.com

This returns plain text telling the user that this is the VUE REST API

/points/

GET

/points

• A GET request to this endpoint returns all map points

/points/?categories

• A GET request to this endpoint returns an array of unique categories

/points/?category=<category>

• A GET request to this endpoint returns all map points corresponding <category> specified by the user.

POST

A POST request to this endpoint creates and stores a map point with the given values in the POST request. These values are:

• email (String corresponding to the email of the creator of the point)
• description (String containing description of point)
• latitude (Float corresponding to the point's latitude)
• longitude (Float corresponding to the point's longitude)
• category (String - all Uppercase - containing the category this point belongs to)
• img (optional)(String corresponding to a url for an image)

Valid JSON:

{
    "email"       : "valid@email.com",
    "description" : "Thompson Library",
    "latitude"    : 41.687309,
    "longitude"   : -73.897827,
    "category"    : "BUILDINGS",
    "img"		  : "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/34/Thompson_Library_External.jpg"
}