Full-Stack React Projects - Second Edition

Editing a game

Authorized users who are signed in—and also the maker of a specific game—will be able to edit the details of that game in the database. To enable this feature, we will implement an edit game API in the backend. We will add a PUT route that allows an authorized user to edit one of their games. The route will be declared as follows:

mern-vrgame/server/routes/game.routes.js:

router.route('/api/games/:gameId')    .put(authCtrl.requireSignin, gameCtrl.isMaker, gameCtrl.update)

A PUT request to '/api/games/:gameId' will first execute the gameByID controller method to retrieve the specific game's details. The requireSignin auth controller method will also be called to ensure the current user is signed in. Then, the isMaker controller ...