Sample Node + Express + Fetch API Project

This project demonstrates how to create a simple Node.js + Express server that interacts with an external API — in this case, JSONPlaceholder. It's designed to help beginners understand:

• Setting up an Express server
• Using the fetch API in Node.js (via node-fetch)
• Making HTTP requests (GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, DELETE)
• Applying a basic MVC structure using controllers and routers

🚀 Features

• Express-based backend
• Proxies requests to JSONPlaceholder
• Full CRUD support for /posts
• Simple MVC folder structure (in the express-with-mvc branch)

📁 Branches

• main: Flat, single-file version
• express-with-mvc: MVC-style organization using app.js, routers, and controllers

✅ Requirements

• Node.js 18+ (for ESM + fetch support or use node-fetch@2)
• NPM

🔧 Installation & Setup

# Clone the repo
git clone https://github.com/hackthegap/sample-node-express-fetch.git
cd sample-node-express-fetch

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Start the server
npm start

The server will be running at:

http://localhost:3000

📡 Example API Endpoints

Method	Endpoint	Description
GET	/posts	List all posts
GET	/posts/:id	Get a single post
GET	/posts/:id/comments	Get comments for a post
POST	/posts	Create a new post
PUT	/posts/:id	Fully update a post
PATCH	/posts/:id	Partially update a post
DELETE	/posts/:id	Delete a post

🧑‍💻 Created By

Fabricio Braga
GitHub: hackthegap
Last updated: 2 Apr 2025

Let me know if you’d like me to generate a version for the `main` branch too or add badges/shields (like Node version, etc.)!