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RESTful API with Node.js + MongoDB

About Me

• Name : Sofian Hadiwijaya

• Email : me@sofianhw.com

• Blog : http://www.sofianhw.com

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Basic - RESTfulWikipedia, that infallible source, defines Representational State Transfer (REST) as: an architectural style that abstracts the architectural elements within a distributed hypermedia system.

Basic - RESTfulFour basic design principles from IBM's developerWorks website

1.Use HTTP methods explicitly2.Be Stateless3.Expose directory structure-like URIs4.Transfer XML or JSON, or Both

Basic - Express JSA minimal and flexible node.js web application framework, providing a

robust set of features for building full web applications and/or APIs.

$ npm install express• Middleware• Routing

Basic - ExpressExpress Hello World

Basic - ExpressA router object is an isolated instance of middleware and routes, capable only of performing middleware and routing functions. A router behaves like middleware itself, so you can use it as an argument to app.use() or as the argument to another router’s use() method. Every Express application has a built-in app router:

Basic - ExpressChainable route handlers for a route path can be created using app.route().Since the path is specified at a single location, it helps to create modular routes and reduce redundancy and typos.

Basic - Mongooseelegant mongodb object modeling for node.js

$ npm install mongoose

Build Basic RESTfulVery simple file structure

Defining Node Packages

Build Basic RESTfulClone repository

$ git clone https://github.com/sofianhw/simple-restful-nodejs.git

Install packages with $ npm install

Running Script $ npm start

Model

Routes

Basic Testing - MochaMocha is a simple, flexible, fun JavaScript test framework for node.js and

the browser.

$ npm install -g mocha

Basic Testing - Shouldshould is an expressive, readable, framework-agnostic assertion library. The main goals of this library are to be expressive and to be helpful. It keeps your test code clean, and your error messages helpful.

$ npm install should

Basic Testing - SupertestHTTP assertions made easy via super-agent

$ npm install supertest