Express API tutorial

app.js

var express = require('express');
var app = express();
app.use(express.bodyParser());


var headlines = [
  { author : 'John Smith', text : "You will not believe what this child does next."},
  { author : 'Jane Doe', text : "It started as a protest, then turned into a party. Thats not even the interesting part."},
  { author : 'Alice Example', text : "Can we squeeze two hundred jellybeans in one package? Yah probably."},
  { author : 'Bob Allan', text : "This famous celebrity is opposed to something you are too."}
];


app.get('/headlines', function(req, res){
  res.json(headlines);
});

app.get('/headlines/:id', function(req, res) {
  var q = headlines[req.params.id];
  res.json(q);
});

app.post('/headlines', function(req, res) {
 var newHeadline = {
    author : req.body.author,
    text : req.body.text
    }
  headlines.push(newHeadline);
  res.json(204);  
});

app.delete('/headline/:id', function(req, res) {
  headlines.splice(req.params.id, 1);
  res.json(204);
});

app.listen(3000);