commit 2f967e479261f85d5f19c9cb1f1704e405d98b9e
Author: Karolin Rafalski <kr2174@caa.columbia.edu>
Date:   Tue Apr 30 11:08:06 2019 -0400

    first commit

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+node_modules
+.env
diff --git a/controllers/holidays.js b/controllers/holidays.js
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+const express = require('express')
+const holidays = express.Router()
+const Holiday = require('../models/holidays.js')
+
+holidays.post('/', async (req, res) => {
+  Holiday.create(req.body, (error, createdHoliday) => {
+    if (error) {
+      res.status(400).json({ error: error.message })
+    }
+    res.status(200).send(createdHoliday) //  .json() will send proper headers in response so client knows it's json coming back
+  })
+})
+
+holidays.get('/', (req, res) => {
+  Holiday.find({}, (err, foundHolidays) => {
+    if (err) {
+      res.status(400).json({ error: err.message })
+    }
+    res.status(200).json(foundHolidays)
+  })
+})
+
+holidays.delete('/:id', (req, res) => {
+  Holiday.findByIdAndRemove(req.params.id, (err, deletedHoliday) => {
+    if (err) {
+      res.status(400).json({ error: err.message })
+    }
+    res.status(200).json(deletedHoliday)
+  })
+})
+
+holidays.put('/:id', (req, res) => {
+  Holiday.findByIdAndUpdate(req.params.id, req.body, { new: true }, (err, updatedHoliday) => {
+    if (err) {
+      res.status(400).json({ error: err.message })
+    }
+    res.status(200).json(updatedHoliday)
+  })
+})
+
+module.exports = holidays
diff --git a/models/holidays.js b/models/holidays.js
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+const mongoose = require('mongoose')
+
+const holidaySchema = mongoose.Schema({
+  name: {type: String, required: true},
+  celebrated: {type: Boolean, default: false},
+  description: {type: String, default: 'Best holiday ever!'},
+  likes: {type: Number, default: 0},
+  tags: [{type: String}]
+})
+
+module.exports = mongoose.model('Holiday', holidaySchema)
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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..be1b87d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{
+  "name": "holidays_api",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "description": "",
+  "main": "server.js",
+  "scripts": {
+    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1",
+    "start": "node server.js"
+  },
+  "author": "",
+  "license": "ISC",
+  "dependencies": {
+    "cors": "^2.8.5",
+    "express": "^4.16.4",
+    "mongoose": "^5.5.4"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/server.js b/server.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ac25d34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server.js
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+// Dependencies
+const cors = require('cors')
+const express = require('express')
+const mongoose = require('mongoose')
+// Dependency configurations
+const app = express()
+const PORT = 3003
+
+// middleware
+app.use(express.json()) // use .json(), not .urlencoded()
+app.use(cors())
+
+// Error / Disconnection
+mongoose.connection.on('error', err => console.log(err.message + ' is Mongod not running?'))
+mongoose.connection.on('disconnected', () => console.log('mongo disconnected'))
+
+// Fix depreciation warnings
+mongoose.set('useFindAndModify', false)
+
+// Database connection
+mongoose.connect('mongodb://localhost:27017/merncrud', { useNewUrlParser: true })
+mongoose.connection.once('open', () => {
+  console.log('connected to mongoose...')
+})
+
+// Controllers/Routes
+const holidaysController = require('./controllers/holidays.js')
+app.use('/holidays', holidaysController)
+
+// Listen
+app.listen(PORT, () => {
+  console.log('🎉🎊', 'celebrations happening on port', PORT, '🎉🎊')
+})