Handling an API request to Get Popular Posts

Similar to last time, we can handle the request through either a RESTful API controller or a GraphQL resolver.

Here's an example of a RESTful API controller that handles the request. The GetPopularPostsRequestDTO type describes anything we'd like to use as an input to the GetPopularPosts use case.

// useCases/getPopularPosts/GetPopularPostsController.ts

export class GetPopularPostsController extends BaseController {
  private useCase: GetPopularPosts;

  constructor (useCase: GetPopularPosts) {
    super();
    this.useCase = useCase;
  }

  async executeImpl (req: DecodedExpressRequest, res: express.Response): Promise<any> {

    const dto: GetPopularPostsRequestDTO = {
      offset: req.query.offset
    }

    try {
      const result = await this.useCase.execute(dto);

      if (result.isLeft()) {
        const error = result.value;
  
        switch (error.constructor) {
          default:
            return this.fail(res, error.errorValue().message);
        }
        
      } else {
        const postDetails = result.value.getValue();
        return this.ok<GetPopularPostsResponseDTO>(res, {
          posts: postDetails.map((d) => PostDetailsMap.toDTO(d))
        });
      }

    } catch (err) {
      return this.fail(res, err)
    }
  }
}

The response type of this DTO looks like the following.

// post/dtos/GetPopularPostsResponseDTO.ts

import { PostDTO } from "../../../dtos/postDTO";

export interface GetPopularPostsResponseDTO {
  posts: PostDTO[];
}

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