Sample code for "Building RESTful Web APIs with Dart, Aqueduct and PostgreSQL (Part 2)" post on Medium (7)

books_controller.dart

// lib/controller/book_controller.dart
import '../fave_reads.dart';
import 'model/book.dart';

List books = [
  new Book(
    title: 'Head First Design Patterns',
    author: 'Eric Freeman',
    year: 2004
  ),
  new Book(
    title: 'Clean Code: A handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship', 
    author: 'Robert C. Martin', 
    year: 2008
  ),
  new Book(
    title: 'Code Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Construction',
    author: 'Steve McConnell',
    year: 2004
  ),
];

class BooksController extends HTTPController {
  // ...
  // ...
  Future<Response> addSingle(@HTTPbody() Book book) async { // note the `Book` type being used
    books.add(book);
    return new Response.ok(book);
  }
  //...
  //...
}