POST /books

This allows you to add new books, using something similar or equivalent to a HTML form

Endpoint URL

http://127.0.0.1:8080/api/books/

JSON body parameters

Name	Type	Description
_id	integer	This is the identification number, which is unique to each specific book
newrelease	Boolean	A Boolean value to determine whether or not the book is a new release and would therefore show up in the new release section if this is true
title	string	The title of the book
isbn	string	The International Standard Book Number for this specific book
pageCount	integer	The number of pages in the book, all pages are included
publishedDate	date	The date at which this copy of the book was first published
thumbnailUrl	string	Image URL for the thumbnail or cover of the book
shortDescription	string	A short description of the book, acting as a blurb
longDescription	string	A more extensive description which covers the major points of the book
status	string	Whether or not the book is currently published, so far all the books in the library are
authors	array of strings	An array of all authors who contributed to the book
categories	array of strings	The listed genres / categories of the book as all books are non-fiction at the moment
favourited	Boolean	Whether or not the book is a favourite for the user, as no identification system is being used, this is a global property

Example code

const form = document.getElementById("add-book-form"); // Example form element

form.onsubmit = async (e) => {
    e.preventDefault();
    const data = new FormData(e.target);
    const book = Object.fromEntries(data.entries());
    try {
        const response = await fetch("/api/books", {
            method: "POST",
            headers: {
                "Content-Type": "application/json",
            },
            body: JSON.stringify(book),
        });

        addBooktoLibrary(book); // Your function to display the book

        if (!response.ok) {
            throw new Error(`HTTP error! status: ${response.status}`);
        } else {
            const text = await response.json();
            form.reset();
        }
    } catch (error) {
        console.error("Error adding new book:", error);
    }
};

Example response

{
    "message": "Book added successfully"
}

Response fields

Name	Type	Description
message	string	A message to confirm or post an error, status of the POST request