Added DELETE route

server/news/index.js

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ const router = express.Router();
 const query = require('./query');
 const publish = require('./publish');
 const edit = require('./edit');
+const remove = require('./remove');
 
 //basic route management
 router.get('/', query(false, false));
@@ -20,4 +21,6 @@ router.post('/', publish);
 
 router.patch('/:id(\\d+)', edit);
 
+router.delete('/:id(\\d+)', remove);
+
 module.exports = router;

server/news/remove.js

@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+const { Op } = require('sequelize');
+const { articles, revisions } = require('../database/models');
+
+const route = async (req, res) => {
+	//check the key
+	if (req.body.key != process.env.QUERY_KEY) {
+		return res.status(401).json({ ok: false, error: 'invalid key' });
+	}
+
+	//get the existing record
+	const record = await articles.findOne({
+		where: {
+			index: {
+				[Op.eq]: req.params.id
+			}
+		}
+	});
+
+	if (!record) {
+		return res.status(500).json({ ok: false, error: 'failed to remove non-existing record' });
+	}
+
+	//store the revision
+	await revisions.upsert({
+		title: record.title,
+		author: record.author,
+		body: record.body,
+		originalIndex: record.index
+	});
+
+	//destroy the data
+	await articles.destroy({
+		where: {
+			index: req.params.id
+		}
+	});
+
+	return res.status(200).json({
+		ok: true
+	});
+};
+
+module.exports = route;