Admission Microservice

This repository contains a microservice that handles the admission database for a college. It provides functionality to store and retrieve student information using a MongoDB database with the help of Mongoose.

Table of Contents

• Features
• Prerequisites
• Installation
• Usage
• API Endpoints
• API Testing
• Contributing
• License

Features

• Store student information in the admission database.
• Retrieve student information from the database.
• Secure storage of sensitive data.
• Timestamps for creation and last update of student documents.
• Enumerations for faculty and Nepal states.

Prerequisites

Before installing and running this microservice, ensure that you have the following prerequisites:

• Node.js (v12 or higher)
• MongoDB

Installation

To get started with the admission database microservice, follow these steps:

1. Clone this repository to your local machine.

git clone https://github.com/rahuldahal/admission.git

2. Install the dependencies by navigating to the cloned repository directory and running the following command:

cd admission
npm install

3. Set up the environment variables. Create a .env file in the root directory and provide the necessary values for the following variables:

MONGODB_URI=<your-mongodb-connection-uri>

4. Start the microservice by running the following command:

npm start

The microservice should now be up and running on the specified port (default: 3000) and connected to the MongoDB database.

Usage

Once the microservice is running, you can interact with it by sending HTTP requests to the provided API endpoints. See the API Endpoints section for more details.

API Endpoints

The following API endpoints are available for interacting with the admission database microservice:

Create a student document

• Endpoint: /students
• Method: POST
• Request Body:

{
  "dateOfBirth": "1990-01-01",
  "mobileNo": 1234567890,
  "faculty": "BIM",
  "semester": 3,
  "firstName": "John",
  "lastName": "Doe",
  "address": "123 Street",
  "city": "Kathmandu",
  "state": "Bagmati",
  "postalCode": 44600,
  "guardianName": "Jane Doe",
  "guardianContact": 9876543210
}

• Response:

{
  "_id": "6072f01234567890abcdef12",
  "dateOfBirth": "1990-01-01",
  "mobileNo": 1234567890,
  "faculty": "BIM",
  "semester": 3,
  "firstName": "John",
  "lastName": "Doe",
  "address": "123 Street",
  "city": "Kathmandu",
  "state": "Bagmati",
  "postalCode": 44600,
  "guardianName": "Jane Doe",
  "guardianContact": 9876543210,
  "createdAt": "2021-04-11T12:34:56.789Z",
  "updatedAt": "

2021-04-11T12:34:56.789Z"
}

Get all students

• Endpoint: /students
• Method: GET
• Response:

[
  {
    "_id": "6072f01234567890abcdef12",
    "dateOfBirth": "1990-01-01",
    "mobileNo": 1234567890,
    "faculty": "BIM",
    "semester": 3,
    "firstName": "John",
    "lastName": "Doe",
    "address": "123 Street",
    "city": "Kathmandu",
    "state": "Bagmati",
    "postalCode": 44600,
    "guardianName": "Jane Doe",
    "guardianContact": 9876543210,
    "createdAt": "2021-04-11T12:34:56.789Z",
    "updatedAt": "2021-04-11T12:34:56.789Z"
  },
  {
    "_id": "6072f01234567890abcdef34",
    "dateOfBirth": "1991-02-03",
    "mobileNo": 9876543210,
    "faculty": "BCA",
    "semester": 4,
    "firstName": "Jane",
    "lastName": "Smith",
    "address": "456 Avenue",
    "city": "Pokhara",
    "state": "Gandaki",
    "postalCode": 33700,
    "guardianName": "John Smith",
    "guardianContact": 1234567890,
    "createdAt": "2021-04-12T09:08:07.654Z",
    "updatedAt": "2021-04-12T09:08:07.654Z"
  }
]

Get a student by ID

• Endpoint: /students/{studentId}
• Method: GET
• Response:

{
  "_id": "6072f01234567890abcdef12",
  "dateOfBirth": "1990-01-01",
  "mobileNo": 1234567890,
  "faculty": "BIM",
  "semester": 3,
  "firstName": "John",
  "lastName": "Doe",
  "address": "123 Street",
  "city": "Kathmandu",
  "state": "Bagmati",
  "postalCode": 44600,
  "guardianName": "Jane Doe",
  "guardianContact": 9876543210,
  "createdAt": "2021-04-11T12:34:56.789Z",
  "updatedAt": "2021-04-11T12:34:56.789Z"
}

Update a student by ID

• Endpoint: /students/{studentId}
• Method: PATCH
• Request Body:

{
  "semester": 4,
  "city": "Biratnagar"
}

• Response:

{
  "_id": "6072f01234567890abcdef12",
  "dateOfBirth": "1990-01-01",
  "mobileNo": 1234567890,
  "faculty": "BIM",
  "semester": 4,
  "firstName": "John",
  "lastName": "Doe

",
  "address": "123 Street",
  "city": "Biratnagar",
  "state": "Bagmati",
  "postalCode": 44600,
  "guardianName": "Jane Doe",
  "guardianContact": 9876543210,
  "createdAt": "2021-04-11T12:34:56.789Z",
  "updatedAt": "2021-05-22T08:30:45.678Z"
}

Delete a student by ID

• Endpoint: /students/{studentId}
• Method: DELETE
• Response:

{
  "message": "Student deleted successfully."
}

API Testing

This microservice includes API tests using Jest and Supertest. To run the tests, follow these steps:

1. Make sure the microservice is running.

2. Open a terminal and navigate to the cloned repository directory.

3. Run the following command to execute the tests:

npm test

The tests will be executed, and the results will be displayed in the terminal.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! If you find any issues or have suggestions for improvements, please feel free to open an issue or submit a pull request.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.