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JavaScript Build a REST API With Express Building API Routes in Express Building the Answer Routes

Posted by Edward Danilyuk
Edward Danilyuk
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Help with Routes

I am working on a task API to practice working with Express. I built a /tasks route which lists all tasks and also runs GET/PUT/DELETE on individual tasks ( /tasks/:id ). I want to eventually move a task from an 'active' state to a 'completed' state. What would be the best way to do this? My thoughts are split between: 1) posting the same individual task to a /completed-task route and somehow updating/deleteing the task in the /tasks route or 2) there might be a way to handle this on the database side (using a boolean or a status update) so a separate route would not be necessary? Which would be the better way to go?