Full-Stack React Projects - Second Edition

The create auction API

For the implementation of the backend API, which will allow us to create a new auction in the database, we will declare a POST route, as shown in the following code.

mern-marketplace/server/routes/auction.routes.js:

router.route('/api/auctions/by/:userId')  .post(authCtrl.requireSignin, authCtrl.hasAuthorization,         userCtrl.isSeller, auctionCtrl.create)

A POST request to this route at /api/auctions/by/:userId will ensure the requesting user is signed in and is also authorized. In other words, it is the same user associated with the :userId specified in the route param. Then, before creating the auction, it is checked if this given user is a seller using the isSeller method that's defined in the user controller methods. ...