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+# MyWonderfulTirelessAPI
+A tireless API, because being restful is just overdone.
+
+## Service endpoints:
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+- **GET** /students - returns a list of all students
+- **GET** /students?search=<query> - returns a list of students filtered on name matching the given query
+- **GET** /students/:studentId - returns details of a specific student by student id
+- **GET** /grades/:studentId - returns all grades for a given student by student id
+- **POST** /grades - records a new grade, returns success status in JSON response (meaning you do not need to actually store the grade in a database. You do need to validate that the user supplied at least a grade, and a studentId)
+- **POST** /register - creates a new user, returns success status in JSON response (meaning you do not need to actually store the user info in a database. You do need to validate that the user supplied username and email)