Desenvolvimento de uma API REST: para cadastro de árvores de ipês

Abstract

This work aims to develop an Application Programming Interface - Representational State Transfer (REST API) for managing Ipê trees in urban areas. Due to the aesthetic prominence of Ipê trees, the proposal for the "Ipê Route"project arose, an initiative focused on the collaborative mapping of these trees in cities. This work consists of developing a module integrated into this project, through which the aim is to create a REST API for managing Ipê trees in urban areas. Considering that the data on the trees is provided collaboratively by various users, it may present variations in format and content. Without a central mechanism to organize, validate, and store this information in a structured way, it becomes difficult to guarantee the management of records, including user registration and data querying. In this context, the development of the API constitutes the mechanism to enable the proper functioning of the future system. The API allows users to register data about trees, ensuring that this information is available for consultation by other users in the same location. It also enables future integration with a web front-end and a mobile application, allowing visualization and interaction with the registered data. Thus, the project aims to contribute to the registration and collaborative sharing of data about ipê trees in cities. During the API development phase, an iterative and incremental methodology was chosen. Each phase of development is described in the methodology section. After the project's completion, the results obtained are presented in the results section, indicating that the developed API achieved the proposed objectives and requirements.