REST APIs with Express Course (How To)

Learn the basics of building out a REST API with Express, a popular framework written for Node.js.

What you'll learn

• REST API Design
• API Routing
• Express

Getting to Know REST APIs

Learn what a REST API is and how it differs from a traditional server side application.

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• Intro to REST APIs

  3:02

• What is a REST API?

  3:45

• HTTP Methods and CRUD Operations

  2:08

• Intro to REST APIs

  5 questions

• A Simple API

  4:13

• Planning out a REST API

  3:18

• GET a Quote, GET all Quotes

  5:25

• Build a Basic REST API

  5 questions

Managing Data and Asynchronous Code

In this part of the course, we'll talk about persisting data for our API and see how to use async/await to handle asynchronous requests to our datastore.

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• Managing REST API Data

  3:00

• Refactor the Get All Quotes Route

  3:15

• Async/Await in Express

  2:40

• Refactor the Get One Quote Route

  2:56

• Managing Data and Async Code Quiz

  4 questions

Create, Read, Update, Delete

Create, Read, Update, Delete

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• Using Postman to Test Routes

  2:11

• Create a New Quote

  5:22

• Using Try/Catch with Async/Await

  3:03

• HTTP Status Codes

  5:40

• Create, Read, Update, Delete Quiz 1

  5 questions

• Edit A Quote

  6:04

• Delete a Quote

  2:56

• Create, Read, Update, Delete Quiz 2

  5 questions

Refactoring and Modularizing a REST API

Refactoring and Modularizing a REST API

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• Writing a Global Error Handler

  7:13

• Refactor with Express Middleware

  3:29

• Structuring Your REST API

  4:56

• Get a Random Quote

  2:43

• Going Further

  2:03

• REST APIs with Express Course Review

  6 questions