Full-Stack React Projects - Second Edition

The delete media API

To delete media from the database, we will implement a delete media API in the backend, which will accept a DELETE request from a client at /api/media/:mediaId. We will add the DELETE route for this API as follows, which will allow an authorized user to delete their uploaded media records.

mern-mediastream/server/routes/media.routes.js:

router.route('/api/media/:mediaId')        .delete(authCtrl.requireSignin,                     mediaCtrl.isPoster,                         mediaCtrl.remove)

When the server receives a DELETE request at '/api/media/:mediaId', it will make sure the signed-in user is the original poster of the media by invoking the isPoster controller method. Then, the remove controller method will completely delete the specified media from the database. ...