addcourse.md

Add a New Course to Student's Account

Push the new course object into the enrolled_courses array in the student object.

Returns the course object that was added, along with a transaction object associated with it.

URL Params:

• Required: uid=[string]

Data Params/Example:

{
    "campus_name": "Brooklyn College",
    "career": "Undergraduate",
    "course_identifier": "CISC",
    "course_name": "Multimedia Computing",
    "course_number": "3630",
    "department": "Computer & Information Science",
    "description": "(Prior to Fall 2010, this course was known as CIS 52.nThe information below might still reflect the old course numbers. Bracketed numbers, if any, are the old course numbers. Learn more...)",
    "lecturer": ["Professor 1", "Professor 2", "Professor 3"],
    "semester_offered": "Fall, Spring",
    "units": "4.00"
}

Success Response

Status Code: 201 Created

Response Content:

{
    "course":
    {
        "campus_name": "Brooklyn College",
        "career": "Undergraduate",
        "course_identifier": "CISC",
        "course_name": "Multimedia Computing",
        "course_number": "3630",
        "department": "Computer & Information Science",
        "description": "(Prior to Fall 2010, this course was known as CIS 52.nThe information below might still reflect the old course numbers. Bracketed numbers, if any, are the old course numbers. Learn more...)",
        "lecturer": ["Professor 1", "Professor 2", "Professor 3"],
        "semester_offered": "Fall, Spring",
        "units": "4.00"
    },
    "transaction":
    {
        "action": "ADD_COURSE",
        "date": "2020-06-21T16:55:50.374Z",
        "package": "[the added course object]"
    }
}

Error Response

Condition:

• If request body is empty
• If the user ID does not exist on the database

Status Code:

• 400 Bad Request
• 404 Not Found

Response Message:

• Request body cannot be empty
• Student with id ${uid} does not exist

Sample Call

axios.put(`/api/students/${uid}/addcourse`, course)
.then((res) => console.log(res.data))
.catch((err) => console.error(err));