8. PUT endpoints

PUT /api/snippets/:id

Let's start with a simplified version of the PUT /api/snippets/:id route. First we add the PUT route to api/snippets.js:

// ...

// PUT /api/snippets/:id
router.put("/:id", async (request, response) => {
  // TODO
});

// ...

To be able to update a row in the snippets table, we need to have an existing snippet. Create a snippet first and note what the snippet ID is.

The PUT request we want to make will look something like this:

PUT /api/snippets/1
{
    "title": "Updated snippet title",
    "contents": "#hello world",
    "is_private": true
}

Exercise: Implement the PUT endpoint

When we now make a request like:

PUT /api/snippets/1
{
    "title": "Updated snippet title",
    "contents": "#hello world",
    "is_private": true
}

you should update the existing row in the snippets table with the data from the request body, where the snippet ID matches the :id parameter in the URL.

When updating a snippet we also need to specify a user_id. For now, you can just pass in the user_id in the request body (alongside the other snippet data).