Semantic Health Node.js Code Test

Case

A client has approached you with a unique problem. They need a REST API, but cannot use a database. Their business requirements are as follows:

1. The client needs an API (JSON) application that lets them create, edit, publish, and sometimes delete blog posts
2. Each blog post has a title, a body, and a hero image
3. Each blog post is written by an author
4. This is a public blog API, so there are no rules on who can submit a post
5. The client wants the ability to edit and delete authors, but without losing any blog data
6. The client also wants a search functionality that can either query by author, or blog in a variety of manners such as: a) id b) title c) body

Instructions

DO NOT FORK THIS REPO, CLONE IT AND REMOVE THE .git FOLDER

1. Scaffold a basic app using Express (Node.js) in index.js. Don't rely on any other libraries.
2. Build out a REST API
3. Build out a way to store the entities, using data structures
4. Add Postman tests to hit all the requirements
5. Zip up the entire folder and send it back

Postman Instructions

1. Import the postman collection in tests/semantic_node.postman_collection.json
2. Add new tests and save them to the collection
3. Export the test json by overriding the existing collection
4. Test these by running yarn test which will run the Newman tests in your CLI

Things to think about

1. Optimization: think about what data structures are best
2. UX/DX: the developers consuming the API are bad at reading docs but expect things to work nicely
3. Performance: this may scale up to thousands of blog posts and authors
4. Extensibility: this is that starting point, so think about how to write strong abstractions (don't write this part, but think about how it can be extended if we have questions)