dewire-kodprov

Used software:

• Node v14.17.6
• MySQL (via XAMPP v3.2.2)

Setup

1. Install dependencies

$ npm install

2. Start the MySQL server and login
3. Create a new MySQL database
4. In the database, create a new table called Translations:

CREATE TABLE Translations (
    transKey VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
    lang VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
    trans VARCHAR(255),
    CONSTRAINT translations_pk PRIMARY KEY (transKey, lang) 
);

5. Update config.js to match the settings of the database
6. Start the Node server (it will be running on port 3001)

$ node index.js

Add/Update translation

To add a new translation for a given key and language (or update the existing translation for that key and language pair), do a POST request to http://localhost:3001.

The body should be a json-object containing the following attributes:

• key (string) - The key of the word/phrase
• lang (string) - The language code of the language of the word/phrase
• translation (string) - The word/phrase in the specified language

Get translation

To get a translation for a specific key pair with a GET request to http://localhost:3001. The request should contain the following query parameters:

• key (string) - The key of the wanted word/phrase
• lang (string) - The language code of the language

Response

If a translation was found, the response will be a json-object in the following format

{
    "key": <key>,
    "lang": <language>,
    "translation": <the word/phrase in the specified language>
}

Use Examples

Add a translation for the key buy-chips in English with following request:

curl -X POST http://localhost:3001 -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{"key":"buy-chips","lang":"en", "translation":"Buy chips"}'