Testing Category Route API

[manojtsx]

Here are all the routes of the category controller:

1. POST /api/category/add - Add a category to the db
   • On sending the title, it shows a 'Category Successfully Added' message (200).
   • If the user is not an admin or editor, it shows a 'Not authorized for this action.' message (401).
   • If the title field is empty, it shows a 'Title is required.' message (400).
   • If the title field is less than 3 characters, it shows an error indicating it must be at least 3 characters long (400).
   • If the title field is more than 255 characters long, it shows an error indicating it must be at most 255 characters long (400).
   • If the category already exisits then, it shows ‘Category already exists’ (400)
   • Any other error occurs, it shows a server error (500).

2. PUT /api/category/edit/:id - Edit the category
   • On successful update of the category, it shows the updated category with message ‘Updated Category Successfully’ (200).
   • If the user is not an admin or editor, it shows a 'Not authorized for this action.' message (401).
   • If a category with the same title already exists and is not the same category being edited, it shows a 'Category title already exists' message (400).
   • If the category to be updated is not found, it shows a 'Category not found' message (404).
   • If the title field is empty, it shows a 'Title is required.' message (400).
   • If the title field is less than 3 characters, it shows an error indicating it must be at least 3 characters long (400).
   • If the title field is more than 255 characters long, it shows an error indicating it must be at most 255 characters long (400).
   • Any other error occurs, it shows a server error (500).

3. DELETE /api/category/delete/:id - Delete the category
   • On successful deletion of the category, it shows a 'Category deleted successfully' message (200).
   • If the user is not an admin or editor, it shows a 'Not authorized for this action.' message (401).
   • If the category to be deleted is not found, it shows a 'Category not found' message (404).
   • Any other error occurs, it shows a server error (500).

4. GET /api/category/:id - Get the individual category by id
   • On successfully finding the category, it shows the category details (200).
   • If the category is not found, it shows a 'Category not found' message (404).
   • Any other error occurs, it shows a server error (500).

5. GET /api/category/ - Get all categories
   • On successfully finding all categories, it shows the list of categories (200).
   • Any error occurs, it shows a server error (500).

Note: After calling every route API, don't forget to check changes in db too.