creating news api

pages/api/news/index.ts

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+import nextConnect from 'next-connect'
+// @ts-ignore
+import NewsAPI from 'newsapi'
+
+import middleware, { MiddlewareRequest } from '../../../middleware/middleware'
+import { NewsModel } from '../../../models/news.model'
+import { NextApiResponse } from 'next'
+import wordCounter from '../../../utils/wordCounter'
+import { NewsAPIResponse } from '../../../utils/newsAPITypes'
+
+const newsapi = new NewsAPI(process.env.API_KEY)
+
+const handler = nextConnect()
+handler.use(middleware)
+
+handler
+    .get((req: MiddlewareRequest, res: NextApiResponse) => {
+        NewsModel.find()
+            .then((data) => {
+                res.json(data)
+            })
+            .catch((err) => {
+                console.error(err)
+                res.status(500).json(err)
+            })
+    })
+    .post(async (req: MiddlewareRequest, res: NextApiResponse) => {
+        // fetching top headlines from newsAPI
+        // todo: handle error
+        await newsapi.v2
+            .topHeadlines({
+                language: 'en',
+                pageSize: 100,
+            })
+            .then((newsData: NewsAPIResponse) => {
+                let newsStats = wordCounter(newsData.articles)
+
+                // adding news data to the database
+                NewsModel.create({
+                    sources: 'all',
+                    articles: newsData.articles,
+                    stats: newsStats,
+                    version: 1,
+                })
+                    .then((data) => {
+                        res.json(data)
+                    })
+                    .catch((err) => {
+                        console.error(err)
+                        res.status(500).json(err)
+                    })
+            })
+            .catch((err: any) => {
+                console.error(err)
+            })
+    })
+
+export default handler

rest.http

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 ###
-GET http://localhost:3000/api/news/topHeadlines
-
-###
-POST http://localhost:3000/api/news/topHeadlines
+POST http://localhost:3000/api/news
 Content-Type: application/json
 
 ###
-GET http://localhost:3000/api/stats/topHeadlines
+GET http://localhost:3000/api/news