CRUD Towards Restful Api With Node Express and MongoDB

Explore the basics and ins and outs of building a rest api, organize a modern web app with the mvc pattern, and test with Postman and environment variables.

Explore how rest api enables software to talk to each other by sending requests and receiving results. Learn the create, read, update, and delete (crud) operations that power web services.

Demonstrate create, read, update, and delete operations on a comment resource using a rest api with Node Express and MongoDB, through a practical YouTube comment walkthrough.

Set up a Node.js and Express project, install Express, Mongoose, and dotenv, and configure environment variables via a .env file to scaffold the server for database integration, CRUD, and MVC.

Set up and run the database server, connect to MongoDB with mongoose, requiring it and calling connect to the database, then verify with a console log and an npm script.

Implement a clean MVC pattern by separating routes into a dedicated routes folder, using Express Router, and exporting route modules to keep server configuration lean.

Explore middleware in Express as a function between request and response that enforces authentication, checks login status or tokens, and controls access to data with various middleware types.

Create a Mongoose model by defining a schema with required fields like title, description, and debt, export it, and organize files in a model folder.

Learn to insert data into a MongoDB database by wiring a user model and schema, handle post requests with Express, parse JSON bodies via middleware, and test endpoints using Postman.

Create a new user by sending a title and description to the user model, persist data with mongoose, handle the title is required error, and fetch all users.

Implement an api endpoint to fetch all users from the database using an async route, a user model find call, and error handling, demonstrated by a get request response.

Learn how to retrieve an individual user by id using a parameter, fetch data from the server, test with postman, and prepare for subsequent update and delete operations.

Learn to update a user in a Node.js and MongoDB REST API using updateOne, with ID from the request and title and description from the body.

Learn to delete a user in a Node Express MongoDB RESTful API by wiring router.delete with the user id, handling errors, and testing via Postman.