RESTful web API design with Node.js 10 : learn to create robust RESTful web services with Node.js, MongoDB, and Express.js / Valentin Bojinov.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bojinov, Valentin, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Node.js.

MongoDB.

Express.js (Electronic resource).

Application program interfaces (Computer software).

Web sites--Design.

Web sites.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (178 pages)

Edition:

Third edition.

Other Title:

Representational state transfer web application program interface design with Node.js ten

Place of Publication:

Birmingham, England ; Mumbai : Packt, 2018.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Design and implement scalable and maintainable RESTful solutions with Node.js 10 About This Book Create rich and scalable RESTful API solutions from scratch Explore the new features of Node.js 10, Express 4.0, and MongoDB Integrate MongoDB in your Node.js application to store and secure your data Who This Book Is For If you are a web developer keen to enrich your development skills to create server-side RESTful applications based on the Node.js platform, this book is for you. Some knowledge of REST would be an added advantage, but is definitely not a necessity. What You Will Learn Install, develop, and test your own Node.js user modules Understand the differences between HTTP and RESTful applications Use self-descriptive URLs and set accurate HTTP status codes Eliminate third-party dependencies in your tests with mocking Implement automation tests for a REST-enabled endpoint with Mocha Secure your services with NoSQL database integration within Node.js applications Integrate a simple frontend using JavaScript libraries available on a CDN server In Detail When building RESTful services, it is really important to choose the right framework. Node.js, with its asynchronous, event-driven architecture, is exactly the right choice for building RESTful APIs. This third edition of RESTful Web API Design with Node.js 10 will teach you to create scalable and rich RESTful applications based on the Node.js platform. You will be introduced to the latest NPM package handler and understand how to use it to customize your RESTful development process. You will begin by understanding the key principle that makes an HTTP application a RESTful-enabled application. After writing a simple HTTP request handler, you will create and test Node.js modules using automated tests and mock objects; explore using the NoSQL database, MongoDB, to store data; and get to grips with using self-descriptive URLs. You'll learn to set accurate HTTP status codes along with understanding how to keep your applications backward-compatible. Also, while implementing a full-fledged RESTful service, you will use Swagger to document the API and implement automation tests for a REST-enabled endpoint with Mocha. Lastly, you will explore some authentication techniques to secure your application. Style and approach Step-by-step practical guide to building RESTful applications

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright and Credits

Packt Upsell

Contributors

Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1: REST - What You Did Not Know

REST fundamentals

Principle 1 - Everything is a resource

Principle 2 - Each resource is identifiable by a unique identifier

Principle 3 - Manipulate resources via standard HTTP methods

Principle 4 - Resources can have multiple representations

Principle 5 - Communicate with resources in a stateless manner

The REST goals

Separation of the representation and the resource

Visibility

Reliability

Scalability and performance

Working with WADL

Documenting RESTful APIs with Swagger

Taking advantage of the existing infrastructure

Summary

Chapter 2: Getting Started with Node.js

Installing Node.js

Npm

Installing the Express framework and other modules

Setting up a development environment

Handling HTTP requests

Modularizing code

Testing Node.js

Working with mock objects

Deploying an application

Nodejitsu

Microsoft Azure

Heroku

Self-test questions

Chapter 3: Building a Typical Web API

Specifying the API

Implementing routes

Querying the API using test data

Content negotiation

API versioning

Chapter 4: Using NoSQL Databases

MongoDB - a document store database

Database modeling with Mongoose

Testing a Mongoose model with Mocha

Creating a user-defined model around a Mongoose model

Wiring up a NoSQL database module to Express

Chapter 5: Restful API Design Guidelines

Endpoint URLs and HTTP status codes best practices

Extensibility and versioning

Linked data

Chapter 6: Implementing a Full Fledged RESTful Service

Working with arbitrary data

Linking

Implementing paging and filtering.

Caching

Supplying the Cache-Control header in Express applications

Discovering and exploring RESTful services

Chapter 7: Preparing a RESTful API for Production

Documenting RESTful APIs

Testing RESTful APIs with Mocha

The microservices revolution

Chapter 8: Consuming a RESTful API

Consuming RESTful services with jQuery

Troubleshooting and identifying problems on the wire

Cross Origin Resource Sharing

Content Delivery Networks

Handling HTTP status codes on the client side

Chapter 9: Securing the Application

Authentication

Basic authentication

Passport

Passport's basic authentication strategy

Passport's OAuth Strategy

Passport's third-party authentication strategies

Authorization

Transport layer security

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Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

OCLC:

1035516599