POST /updateFavourite/:id

This toggles the favourited property of a book

Endpoint URL

http://127.0.0.1:8080/api/updateFavourite/:id

Path parameters

Name	Type	Description
id	integer	Unique identifier for each book

JSON body parameters

Name	Type	Description
favourited	Boolean	Whether or not you want to set the book to be a favourite or to remove its favourited status

Example code

favouriteButton.addEventListener("click", async () => {
    // Toggle the 'favourited' property of the book
    book.favourited = !book.favourited;

    // Send a POST request to the server-side script
    try {
        const response = await fetch(`/api/updateFavourite/${book._id}`, {
            method: "POST",
            headers: {
                "Content-Type": "application/json",
            },
            body: JSON.stringify({ favourited: book.favourited }),
        });

        const data = await response.json();
        console.log("Success:", data.message);
    } catch (error) {
        console.error("Error:", error);
    }
});

Example response

{
    "message": "Book updated successfully"
}

Response fields

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