How to Create a RESTful API using JSON server

STEP 1: Install JSON server in command promt

Run this command in cmd:

npm install -g json-server

STEP 2 : Create a text file and rename it as db.json

STEP 3 : Fill the json file with some data

  "cricketers": [
    {
      "id": 1,
      "first_name": "Rahul",
      "last_name": "Dravid",
      "email": "rahuldravid@gmail.com"
    },
    {
      "id": 2,
      "first_name": "Jaspirit",
      "last_name": "Bumrah",
      "email": "jaspiritbumrah@gmail.com"
    },
    {
      "id": 3,
      "first_name": "Ashwin",
      "last_name": "Ravinchanran",
      "email": "ashwinravichandran@gmail.com"
    },
    {
      "id": 4,
      "first_name": "Dinesh",
      "last_name": "Karthik",
      "email": "dineshkarthik@gmail.com"
    },
    {
      "id": 4,
      "first_name": "Mayank",
      "last_name": "Agarwal",
      "email": "mayankagarwal@gmail.com"
    },
    {
      "id": 5,
      "first_name": "Irfan",
      "last_name": "Pathan",
      "email": "ifranpathan@gmail.com"
    },
    {
      "id": 6,
      "first_name": "Rishab",
      "last_name": "Pant",
      "email": "rishabpant@gmail.com"
    },
    {
      "id": 7,
      "first_name": "Ravi",
      "last_name": "Bishnoi",
      "email": "ravibishnoi@gmail.com"
    },
    {
      "id": 8,
      "first_name": "Yusuf",
      "last_name": "Pathan",
      "email": "yusufpathan@gmail.com"
    },
    {
      "id": 9,
      "first_name": "Yuvaraj",
      "last_name": "Singh",
      "email": "yuvarajsingh@gmail.com"
    },
    {
      "id": 10,
      "first_name": "Sachin",
      "last_name": "Tendulkar",
      "email": "sachintendulkar@gmail.com"
    },
    {
      "id": 11,
      "first_name": "Virat",
      "last_name": "Kohli",
      "email": "viratkohli@gmail.com"
    },
    {
      "id": 12,
      "first_name": "Saurav",
      "last_name": "Ganguly",
      "email": "sauravganguly@gmail.com"
    },
    {
      "id": 13,
      "first_name": "Rohit",
      "last_name": "Sharma",
      "email": "rohitsharma@gmail.com"
    },
    {
      "id": 14,
      "first_name": "Mahendra Singh",
      "last_name": "Dhoni",
      "email": "mahendrasinghdhoni@gmail.com"
    },
    {
      "id": 15,
      "first_name": "Virendra",
      "last_name": "Shewag",
      "email": "virendrasehwag@gmail.com"
    },
    {
      "id": 16,
      "first_name": "Ajit",
      "last_name": "Agarkar",
      "email": "ajitagarkar@gmail.com"
    },
    {
      "id": 17,
      "first_name": "Zaheer",
      "last_name": "Khan",
      "email": "zaheerkhan@gmail.com"
    }
  ]
}

STEP 4 : Start the json server using the below command in cmd

json-server --watch db.json --port 8000

STEP 5 : Copy the link - "http://localhost:8000"

Paste in the browser URL and go to the webpage.