Business Logic	URL	HTTP Method	Query Parameters	Request body data format	Response body data format
Return a list of ALL movies to the user	/movies	GET	None	None	A JSON object holding data about all the movies { "title: "movie title", "description": "movie description", "genre": { "name": "movie genre", "description": "genre description" }, "director": { "name": "director name", "bio": "director bio", "birthYear": "director birth year" "deathYear": "director death year" (if applicable) }, "imageUrl": "Image link for movie art", "featured": "true or false" }, {etc.}, {etc.}, {etc.}
Return data (description, genre, director, image URL, whether it’s featured or not) about a single movie by title to the user	/movies/:title	GET	:title	None	A JSON object holding data about a single movie, containing a title, description, genre, director, and imageURL. { "title: "movie title", "description": "movie description", "genre": { "name": "movie genre", "description": "genre description" }, "director": { "name": "director name", "bio": "director bio", "birthYear": "director birth year" "deathYear": "director death year" (if applicable) }, "imageUrl": "Image link for movie art", "featured": "true or false" }
Return data about a genre (description) by name/title (e.g., “Thriller”)	/movies/genre/:genreName	GET	:genreName	None	A JSON object holding data about all movies in the database that share the specified genre. { "title: "movie title", "description": "movie description", "genre": { "name": "movie genre", "description": "genre description" }, "director": { "name": "director name", "bio": "director bio", "birthYear": "director birth year" "deathYear": "director death year" (if applicable) }, "imageUrl": "Image link for movie art", "featured": "true or false" }, { Next movie with the specified genre}, { Next movie with the specified genre}, {etc.}
Return data about a director (name, bio, birth year, death year) by name	/movies/director/:directorName	GET	:directorName	none	A JSON object holding data about all movies directed by the specified director. { "title: "movie title", "description": "movie description", "genre": { "name": "movie genre", "description": "genre description" }, "director": { "name": "director name", "bio": "director bio", "birthYear": "director birth year" "deathYear": "director death year" (if applicable) }, "imageUrl": "Image link for movie art", "featured": "true or false" }, { Next movie with the specified director}, { Next movie with the specified director}, {etc.}
Allow new users to register	/users	POST	None	A JSON object holding data about a single user to add. { "username": "example username", REQUIRED "password": "exampe password", REQUIRED "email": "example@email.com", REQUIRED "birthDate": "example format: 2023-06-25" }	A JSON object holding data about the single user that was added, including a genrerated id. { "_id": "1", "username": "example username", "password": "example password", "email": "example@email.com", "birthDate": "specified date" "favoriteMovies": [] }
Allow users to update their user info (username, password, email, date of birth)	/users/:username	PUT	:Name	A JSON object holding the needed data field about a single user to update. { "username": "updated username", "password": "updated password", "email": "updated@email.com", "birthDate": "new date" }	A JSON object holding all data about the single user that was updated { "_id": "1", "username": "updated username", "password": "updated password", "email": "updated@email.com", "birthDate": "new date" "favoriteMovies": [] }
Allow users to add a movie to their list of favorites	/users/:username/movies/:MovieID	POST	:Name, :MovieID	None	A JSON object holding all data about the single user that added to their favorite movies. { "_id": "1", "username": "example username", "password": "example password", "email": "example@email.com", "birthDate": "specified date" "favoriteMovies": ["added MovieID"] }
Allow users to remove a movie from their list of favorites	/users/:username/movies/:MovieID	DELETE	:Name, :MovieID	None	A JSON object holding all data about the single user that removed a movie from their favorite movies. { "_id": "1", "username": "example username", "password": "example password", "email": "example@email.com", "birthDate": "specified date" "favoriteMovies": [] }
Allow existing users to deregister	/users/:username	DELETE	:Name	None	A text message indicating the user has been removed from the database "(the username) has been successfully removed from the database."