Build Your Own RESTful API From Scratch

Question 1

What is REST?

Answer 1

REpresentational State Transfer
Client - Server Architecture
Client (analogy of a customer) makes a request to a Server
Server (analogy of a waiter) responds to the request
Sent through (analogy of a language):
HTTP Request
FTP Request
HTTPS Request
Secured
API (analogy of a menu)
Set of services that the client can interact with the server
REST is a architectural style of designing API’s
Rules to be RESTful
HTTP Request Verbs
GET
Read
PUT
Full Update
PATCH
Partial Update
POST
Create
DELETE
Delete
Using specific pattern of routes/endpoint URLs
/{routes}

Question 2

Creating a Database with Robo 3T

Answer 2

Robo 3T
GUI for MongoDB
By default Robo 3T will connect to localhost:27017
First, we must startup the mongodb server, by running “mongod” in the terminal

Question 3

Creating a Database [2]

Answer 3

Set up Server Challenge
GET all articles
POST an article
Install Postman
Postman allows us to test out our APIs without creating the additional components needed

Question 4

Chained Route Handlers Using Express

Answer 4

app.route()
get
post
delete
…
Using Express Route can reduce redundancy

Question 5

GET/ PUT

Answer 5

GET a specific article
PUT a specific article

PATCH a specific article
DELETE a specific article