Building RESTful APIs with Node.js and Express

Find out how to build a simple, RESTful web API using Node.js, Express, and MongoDB.

Introduction

• Building a REST API with Node and Express
• What you should know

1. Setting Up

• Brief introduction of the libraries
• Introduction to your project
• Introduction to Postman
• Install Node and Express
• Install Mongo
• Basic Babel ES6 setup

2. Initial Server Build

• RESTful APIs refresher
• Initial server setup
• Initial server files and folders
• Basic routing endpoints
• Basics of middleware and uses

3. CRUD Operations

• MongoDB basics refresher
• Database setup
• Schema setup
• Create POST endpoint
• Create all items GET endpoint
• Create specific ID GET endpoint
• Create PUT endpoint
• Create DELETE endpoint

4. Other API Options

• Static files serving
• Other potential libraries for API

Conclusion

• Next steps