About

A requestbin clone.

Built with

• Node.js
• Express
• Handlebars
• MongoDB
• Postgres

Routes

GET '/'

• creates a random_string unique to the user
• updates the users table
• sets path to random_string
• redirects the user to /:path

GET '/:path'

• gets all requests that belong to the user and display

POST '/create/:path'

• creates a subdomain
• updates the bins table
• redirects to /:path

POST '/:path/:subdomain'

• gets the subdomain from the request sent by a webhook
• updates the bins table
• creates a MongoDB document
• updates the requests table

Postgres Schema

• user: random_string
• bins: user_id, subdomain
• requests: bin_id, mongo_id

Future Improvements

• update last_updated column in bins when a request comes in
• change the app.post "/:path/:subdomain" route to app.all()
• change then/catch to async/await
• try subdomains instead of paths
• modularize the code
  • refactor routes
  • move to separate files