Mastering REST APIs in Node.js: Zero To Hero is a fast-paced primer covering everything you ever wanted to know about REST APIs. Expert instructor Tamas Piros answers your questions about how REST APIs work, how to create them, and how to keep them secure with token-based authentication. You’ll even dive into the GraphQL query language, cutting through the hype to learn how it can help you build more reliable APIs.
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About the subject
Building reliable APIs has become one of the most lucrative skills you can learn as a developer—and that means learning REST. REST architecture is the de facto choice for modern APIs, thanks to its flexibility, scalability, and small bandwidth demands. If you’ve ever been left puzzling over how REST APIs work, what components you need to create them, or how to start building them using Node.js, this is the course for you.About the video
Mastering REST APIs in Node.js: Zero To Hero takes you from the very basics of REST APIs, from REST’s architecture and HTTP methods, to adding relational database and/or NoSQL support. After you’ve grasped the essentials, you’ll delve into advanced topics such as covering authentication via tokens, and the cutting-edge GraphQL query language. As an added bonus the final section of the course takes you through implementing the REST API in an example login page application, including setting authentication for users.
Table of Contents detailed table of contents
Introduction to REST
Introduction to REST
HTTP Methods and Status Codes
Why develop (and use) a REST API?
Creating our first REST API
Create a REST API without external dependencies
Express - a versatile web server for Node.js
Introduction to Express
Installing Express
Basic route handling
Advanced routing via the Router object
Working with Static Files
Utilising Query Strings
Utlising Query Params
Relational database management systems
Introduction to Relational Databases
Introduction to SQL
Create a database and a table
Install Workbench
Insert data
Update data
Delete data
advanced SQL statements
SQL JOINs - joining information in two tables
Reviewing the final setup
Create a REST API with a Relational Databases
Designing our REST API
Using the MySQL Native Driver
Select data via the MySQL Native Driver
Introduction to knex.js
Extend the API by using knex.js
Using Express Middlewares
Posting data to the database via knex.js
Patching data in the database via Knex.js
Deleting data from the database with Knex.js
Handling missing routes
Student Challenge: Create the route handler
Use JOINs with Knex.js
Utilise Query Strings
Return an object instead of an array
Create a REST API using NoSQL
Introduction to NoSQL
Install and load data to MongoDB
Basic queries in MongoDB
Updates and Aggregates
Create a blank application
Display all data from MongoDB
Display a single document from MongoDB
Insert data in NoSQL
insert() vs insertOne() in MongoDB
HTTP Patch for MongoDB
Delete data from MongoDB
Handling errors
Loading additional documents to MongoDB
Query parameters for NoSQL
Securing a REST API
Introduction to JWT (JSON Web Tokens)
Implement JWT for a SQL based REST API
Implement JWT for a NoSQL based REST API
GraphQL- a "Qjuery API" for our REST API
Introduction to GraphQL
Query that returns a collection
Query that returns a single data object
Execute subqueries using GraphQL
Execute subqueries for nested data using GraphQL
A note on performance for RDBMS and GraphQL
Authentication for GraphQL and our REST API
Using GraphQL with NoSQL
Appendinx A - Tools
Introduction to Insomnia
Appendix B - Creating an application
CORS
Using environment variables the smart way
Create an application to consume our REST API - part 1
Create an application to consume our REST API - part 2
Create an application to consume our REST API - part 3
What you will learn
- Architecting and designing a REST API from scratch
- Understand HTTP methods, HTTP verbs and HTTP status codes
- Understand NoSQL (MongoDB)--including queries
- Understand Relational Databases and SQL (MySQL)
- Have a working knowledge of Express - including route handling and middleware
- Understand how to secure a REST API using JWT (JSON Web Tokens)
- Learn and utilise GraphQL
- How to consume a REST API from an application
About the instructor
Tamas Piros is a Google Developer Expert in web technologies and a developer evangelist. He has more than a decade of experience delivering technical training to large, prestigious organizations. Throughout his career, he has delivered presentations and training classes all over the world. He is passionate about unlocking the latest and greatest features of web development.placing your order...
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