Building APIs with LoopBack

Learn how to quickly and efficiently build REST-based APIs using LoopBack, an easy-to-use Node.js framework.

Introduction

• Welcome
• What you should know
• Using the exercise files

1. Introducing APIs with LoopBack

• What is LoopBack?
• LoopBack installation
• Using the CLI to scaffold
• Running the application

2. Models

• Models and how they relate to APIs
• Creating a model via CLI
• Testing our model with Explorer

3. Data Sources

• What are data sources?
• Connect to Mongo
• Modifying the in-memory data source to save data

4. Security

• What is LoopBack's default security?
• Locking down the app
• Working with users via Explorer

5. Customizing LoopBack

• Understanding remote methods
• Remote hooks
• Operation hooks in action
• Remote methods, remote hooks, or operation hooks?

6. Filtering and Validating Data

• URL parameter syntax and examples
• Paging support
• Alias support
• Validating our data

7. Demo LoopBack App

• Create a front end
• How it works
• Debugging

Conclusion

• Next steps