Database.json Guide

In your terminal, run: npx json-server --watch database.json

If you aren't using a server and just want to append data to the file locally using Node.js: javascript database.json

If you want to treat database.json like a real REST API, json-server is the standard choice. In your terminal, run: npx json-server --watch database

: Always include a unique id for each post so you can find or delete it later. Copied to clipboard Best Practices for database

: JSON requires double quotes for keys and string values; single quotes will cause an error.

fetch('http://localhost:3000/posts', { method: 'POST', headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json', }, body: JSON.stringify({ title: "My First Post", content: "This is some data saved to database.json!" }), }) .then(response => response.json()) .then(data => console.log('Success:', data)); Use code with caution. Copied to clipboard 2. Using Node.js (Direct File Writing)

import json new_post = {"id": 1, "title": "Hello from Python", "content": "Writing to JSON is easy!"} # Load existing data with open('database.json', 'r+') as file: db = json.load(file) db['posts'].append(new_post) # Seek to start and overwrite file.seek(0) json.dump(db, file, indent=2) Use code with caution. Copied to clipboard Best Practices for database.json