Cards REST API

Simple Express.js REST API for managing an in-memory playing card collection.

Endpoints

Method	Endpoint	Description	Body (JSON)
GET	/cards	List all cards
GET	/cards/:id	Get a card by ID
POST	/cards	Create a new card	{ "suit": "Hearts", "value": "Ace" }
DELETE	/cards/:id	Delete a card by ID

Validation

• suit must be one of: Hearts, Spades, Diamonds, Clubs
• value must be one of: Ace, King, Queen, Jack, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2

Project Structure

EXP 2/
  package.json
  src/
    app.js
    server.js
    data/cardsData.js
    controllers/cardsController.js
    routes/cards.js
    middleware/errorHandler.js
  test/
    cards.test.js

Quick Start

cd "EXP 2"
npm install
npm run dev   # http://localhost:3000

Example Requests (curl)

curl http://localhost:3000/cards

curl -X POST http://localhost:3000/cards \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"suit":"Clubs","value":"Jack"}'

curl http://localhost:3000/cards/2

curl -X DELETE http://localhost:3000/cards/1

Run Tests

npm test

Notes

Data is in-memory and resets on server restart.