There are a number of options when it comes to selecting tools to check backend APIs, ranging from the command-line tool curl (https://github.com/curl/curl) to Advanced REST Client (ARC) (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/advanced-rest-client/hgmloofddffdnphfgcellkdfbfbjeloo), a Chrome extension app with an interactive user interface.
To check the APIs that were implemented in this chapter, first, have the server running from the command line and use either of these tools to request the routes. If you are running the code on your local machine, the root URL is http://localhost:3000/.
Using ARC, we will showcase the expected behavior for five use cases so that we can check the implemented API endpoints.
