A fully auto-generated REST API for browsing, managing, and extending a collection of classic retro video games. Built with LoopBack 4, the API provides complete CRUD functionality, an interactive Swagger UI for testing, and a clean architecture that’s easy to extend or connect to a real database.

• LoopBack 4 – API framework with auto-generated CRUD endpoints
• TypeScript – typed superset of JavaScript for scalable code
• Node.js (v18+) – backend runtime powering the app
• Swagger – interactive API docs and testing via /explorer
• JSON Boot Seeder – Loads default game data from ./data/db.json into memory on startup (read-only; changes are not persisted)

• GET /games – List all games
• GET /games/count – Get total number of games
• POST /games – Add a new game
• GET /games/{id} – View details for a single game by ID
• PUT /games/{id} – Replace a game entry entirely
• PATCH /games/{id} – Update parts of a game entry
• PATCH /games – Bulk update games matching a condition
• DELETE /games/{id} – Delete a game by ID

• id (auto-generated)
• title (full title of the game (e.g., Super Mario World))
• platform (SNES, Nintendo 64, Sega Genesis, MS-DOS, etc.)
• genre (game type/category, defaults to Misc)
• year (year of release, defaults to 0)
• rating (0–10)
• picture (string URL or file name)

Example:

{
  "title": "Sonic the Hedgehog",
  "platform": "Sega Genesis",
  "genre": "Platformer",
  "year": 1991,
  "rating": 9,
  "picture": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/85/Sonic_the_Hedgehog_1_Genesis_box_art.jpg"
}

npm install
npm start

Then open:

http://localhost:3000/explorer

You'll see the full Swagger UI for testing your /games endpoints.

This project was generated using the LoopBack CLI:

npm install -g @loopback/cli
lb4

Steps taken:

1. Created project: lb4 → retro-game-api
2. Generated model: lb4 model → Game with properties like title, platform, etc.
3. Created in-memory datasource: lb4 datasource → db (pre-loads data from ./data/db.json on startup)
4. Made repository: lb4 repository → GameRepository to handle data operations
5. Built controller: lb4 controller → GameController with full RESTful CRUD endpoints

• Added visible descriptions to all endpoints.
• Enabled editable examples for filters and request payloads.
• Removed additionalProp1 clutter with a strict model schema.

• You can update db.json manually to add more games
• Default values are defined in game.model.ts

To make this API production-ready or persist changes:

• 🔄 Connect to a real database (e.g., SQLite, PostgreSQL, MongoDB)
• 💾 Add file-based saving logic to persist updates to db.json
• 🔐 Add authentication so users can create/update their own collections

This application was generated using LoopBack 4 CLI with the initial project layout.

Please check out LoopBack 4 documentation to understand how you can continue to add features to this application.

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the License file for details.