Beginning API Development with Node.js

Exercise 8: Updating a Resource with PUT

1. If we wanted to update, say, the first todo list, conventionally, PUT requires us to send the whole updated todo resource. Now let's create a PUT route:

{  method: 'PUT',  path: '/todo/{id}',  handler: (request, reply) => {    const index = request.params.id - 1;    // replace the whole resource with the new one    todoList[index] = request.payload;    return reply({ message: 'updated' });  }}

Use the todo.js file for your reference at Code/Lesson-2/exercise-c1/routes.

2. Now go to Insomnia and make the request. Remember to change the request type to PUT:

3. You should see the following response:

{ "message": "updated" ...