04 - 04 - The Rise of the Tamagotchi

[AbeEveland]

To start your journey you will be creating an API that allows a user to create and care for a virtual pet, reminiscent of a Tamagotchi. The basic functionality will walk you through the four basic parts of a web API, create, read, update and delete.

Objectives

• Create an API that can implement CRUD features against a Database.
• Practice creating ASP.NET Web API endpoints.
• Practice EF Core.

Explorer Mode

• Create and new sdg-api that has the following features

• Create a database with one table named Pets.

  • Should use a POCO called Pet with the following columns:
  • Id (int)
  • Name (string)
  • Birthday (DateTime)
  • HungerLevel (int)
  • HappinessLevel (int)

Your API should have the following endpoints

• [ ] GET /pets, should return all pets in your database.
• [ ] GET /pets/{id}, should return the pet with the corresponding id.
• [ ] POST /pets, should create a new pet. The body of the request should contain a JSON object with a key of "name" and a value of the pet's name. The pets Birthday should default to the current datetime, HungerLevel defaults to 0 and HappinessLevel defaults to 0.
• [ ] POST /pets/{id}/playtimes, should find the pet by id and add 5 to its happiness level and 3 to its hungry level.
• [ ] POST /pets/{id}/feedings, should find the pet by id and subtract 5 from its hungry level and 3 from its happiness level.
• [ ] POST /pets/{id}/scoldings, should find the pet by id and subtract 5 from its happiness level.
• [ ] DELETE /pets/{id}, should delete a pet from the database by Id

Adventure Mode

Add the following features to your API

• Add columns LastInteractedWithDate (DateTime). Every time a pet us updated in the database, set the LastInteractedWithDate to the current time. Add a property named IsDead to your Pets that has logic such that if the LastInteractedWithDate is over 3 days old, the property returns true otherwise false.
• Add a query parameter go GET /pets that only returns Pets that are alive.

Epic mode

Create a console app that interacts with your API that:

• Allows the user to see all pets
• Select a pet to take care of and then play with, scold, or feed the selected pet.
• Create a new pet.
• Delete a pet.

Resources

• Web API Tutorial
• Web API docs

[AbeEveland]

https://github.com/AbeEveland/Tamagotchi

[AbeEveland]

My Migration files are not in a folder, they are right above my program.cs on the main page of my repository.

[AbeEveland]

Your homework 04 - 04 - The Rise of the Tamagotchi was marked: Needs Improvement

“Just a little further!”

[gstark]

You need to remove the migrations in the main folder of the project. They don't belong there.

This method here: https://github.com/AbeEveland/Tamagotchi/blob/master/Controllers/PetController.cs#L73 needs to be: HttpPost(["/pets/{id}/scoldings"]) according to the requirements.

This method here: https://github.com/AbeEveland/Tamagotchi/blob/master/Controllers/PetController.cs#L86 needs an HTTP type

This method here also needs a different type: https://github.com/AbeEveland/Tamagotchi/blob/master/Controllers/PetController.cs#L55

I cannot accept this assignment even though it is very close.

I would like you to schedule an hour with either myself or Jordan to clean up this assignment. I think we can quickly get this in shape.

[AbeEveland]

https://github.com/AbeEveland/Tamagotchi