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Build a REST API with Node.js, Mongoose & TypeScript

Note: This repository and video has been recreated - New repository: https://github.com/TomDoesTech/REST-API-Tutorial-Updated - New video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWUi6BS9T5Y

Article: https://tomanagle.medium.com/build-a-rest-api-with-node-js-typescript-mongodb-b6c898d70d61 Video: https://youtu.be/goUbHgAzPCs

Note: This repository includes the postman collection for the finished API

Who is this tutorial for?

Junior to mid-level developers
Anyone interested in building REST APIs with TypeScript

Why?

REST APIs are the staple of the web development industry
Knowing how REST APIs is important for both back and frontend developers
There's no better way to understand how they work than to build one

Concepts

REST API principals
- CRUD
- HTTP methods
- What REST is and is not
JWT & refresh tokens

Technologies

Node.js
MongoDB with Mongoose
TypeScript
Express.js & Express.js middleware

Video structure

What are we going to build
Bootstrap application
Build out registration
Build out post CRUD operations

Let's keep in touch

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Extension points exported contracts — how you extend this code

PostDocument (Interface)

(no doc)

src/model/post.model.ts

UserDocument (Interface)

(no doc)

src/model/user.model.ts

SessionDocument (Interface)

(no doc)

src/model/session.model.ts

Core symbols most depended-on inside this repo

decode

called by 3

src/utils/jwt.utils.ts

findPost

called by 3

src/service/post.service.ts

sign

called by 2

src/utils/jwt.utils.ts

createAccessToken

called by 2

src/service/session.service.ts

createPost

called by 1

src/service/post.service.ts

findAndUpdate

called by 1

src/service/post.service.ts

deletePost

called by 1

src/service/post.service.ts

createSession

called by 1

src/service/session.service.ts

Shape

Function 26

Interface 3

Method 1

Languages

TypeScript100%

Modules by API surface

src/service/session.service.ts5 symbols

src/service/post.service.ts4 symbols

src/controller/post.controller.ts4 symbols

src/service/user.service.ts3 symbols

src/controller/session.controller.ts3 symbols

src/utils/jwt.utils.ts2 symbols

src/model/user.model.ts2 symbols

src/model/session.model.ts1 symbols

src/model/post.model.ts1 symbols

src/middleware/validateRequest.ts1 symbols

src/middleware/requiresUser.ts1 symbols

src/middleware/deserializeUser.ts1 symbols

Datastores touched

PostCollection · 1 repos

SessionCollection · 1 repos

UserCollection · 1 repos

(mongodb)Database · 1 repos

rest-apiDatabase · 1 repos

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Build a REST API with Node.js, Mongoose & TypeScript

Who is this tutorial for?

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Technologies

Video structure

Let's keep in touch

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