Introduction

This project is an example of a Zig API using Zap, libpq and a postgres database.

Run the project

Database

Install postgres locally or run it through docker with :

docker run -p 5432:5432 -e POSTGRES_DB=my_database -e POSTGRES_USER=postgres -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=postgres postgres

Application

Once the postgres database is started, you can build and start the Zig project and try it out.

Build the application

zig build

Start the application (built executable)

zig-out/bin/zap_api_example

Get all the movies

curl --location 'http://localhost:3000/api/movies'

Save a movie

curl --request POST \
  --url http://localhost:3000/api/movies \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{
	"id": 26,
	"title": "Some movie title",
	"release_date": "2022-02-26"
}'

Delete a movie

curl --request DELETE \
  --url http://localhost:3000/api/movies/26