Creating Rest API using Sails framework? – User friendly Tech help
What is Sails?
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Pre-reqiuistes:-
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2. Install Sails npm install -g sails ( installing sails package globally)
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Creating our rest api project :-
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Step1:- Create Sails project (with no frontend as we are showing api example)
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sails new –no-frontend
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nStep2:- It will automatically create our template folders 
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Inside api folder > controller is where we have our endpoints defined,
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Step3:- Lets create a sensor resource with sensor endpoints
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sails generate api sensor
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Step4:-Check now our controllers and models folders contains the newly generateid resources named as SensorController.js and Sensor.js
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Step5:- Define attributes property under api>models>sensor.js
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say it be “sensorname”: “string”
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Step6:-Run the sails app
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sails lift
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nselect any option from 1,2,3 of databse options when prompt asks
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Step7:- Check the app in localhost:1337/sensor in browser
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it will give empty list as we havent defined anything
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Step8:- Sails have autogenerated end points thus open localhost:1337/sensor/create?sensorname=Airsensor
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Step9:- Check that sensorname is getting added to localhost:1337/sensor
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