POST /reviews

This is a post method that lets you use a HTML form or equivalent to submit a new review

Endpoint URL

http://127.0.0.1:8080/api/reviews

JSON body parameters

Name	Type	Description
rating	float	A float value rounded to 1 decimal place that rates the book, out of 5 stars
id	integer	The unique id of the review
bookId	integer	A unique identifier, all reviews about the same book will have the same bookId, and can be differentiated using the author property
title	string	The title of the book that is being reviewed
text	string	The review text that the user has written
reviewer	string	The name of the user who posted this review

Example Code

const reviewForm = document.getElementById("add-review-form"); // Example form

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

        if (!response.ok) {
            throw new Error(`HTTP error! status: ${response.status}`);
        } else {
            console.log("Review added successfully");
            reviewForm.reset();
        }
    } catch (error) {
        console.error("Error adding new review:", error);
    }
};

Example response

{
    "message": "Review added successfully"
}

Response fields

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