Create a RESTful API with NodeJS, Express and MongoDB
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This document provides an overview and roadmap for creating a RESTful API using Express and MongoDB. It discusses installing Node.js, Express, MongoDB, and Mongoose. It also covers using HTTP verbs like GET, POST, PUT, and DELETE to perform CRUD operations on data stored in MongoDB via a RESTful API built with Express. Example curl commands are given to demonstrate making requests to the Express API to create, update, delete and retrieve data in a RESTful manner.
![Getting Started
$ curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.23.3/install.sh | bash
$ source ~/.nvm/nvm.sh
$ nvm install v0.10.36
$ nvm alias default 0.10.36
Install and Setup
Install Node.JS using NVM [Node Version Manager] https://github.com/creationix/nvm
Install MongoDB on OS X
Install MongoDB with Homebrew : $ brew install mongodb
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Create a RESTful API with NodeJS, Express and MongoDB
- 1. Tech Talk Friday, 13 February 2015
- 2. Create a RESTful API Express +
- 3. Roadmap • Express Overview • MongoDB Overview • Learn Express Route • ODM MongoDB with Mongoose • Handle CRUD for an item • Use the proper HTTP verbs to make it RESTful (GET, POST, PUT, and DELETE) • Return JSON data
- 4. Getting Started $ curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.23.3/install.sh | bash $ source ~/.nvm/nvm.sh $ nvm install v0.10.36 $ nvm alias default 0.10.36 Install and Setup Install Node.JS using NVM [Node Version Manager] https://github.com/creationix/nvm Install MongoDB on OS X Install MongoDB with Homebrew : $ brew install mongodb http://www.mongodbspain.com/en/2014/11/06/install-mongodb-on-mac-os-x-yosemite/
- 5. MongoDB MongoDB is a document database that provides high performance, high availability, and easy scalability. source : http://www.mongodb.org/about/introduction/ Schema Less Data strore in JSON-like documents with dynamic Providing flexibity during the development process Built-in Javascript :)
- 7. “Representational State Transfer (REST) is a software architecture style consisting of guidelines and best practices for creating scalable web services. REST is a coordinated set of constraints applied to the design of components in a distributed hypermedia system that can lead to a more performant and maintainable architecture.” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Representational_state_transfer What is REST
- 8. Express Apps $ npm install $ node server.js
- 9. Express Route curl -i -X POST -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{}' http://localhost:3000/user curl -i -X PUT -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{}' http://localhost:3000/user curl -i -X DELETE -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{}' http://localhost:3000/user curl -i -X GET http://localhost:3000/user
- 10. MongoDB with MongooseJS $ npm install —save mongoose
- 12. $ git clone [email protected]:aredo/express-rest-api.git Source Code