typescript-rest-api

REST API with Node.js, TypeScript and MongoDB

What you will need

• A running instance of MongoDB
• Postman
• An IDE or text editor (VS Code)
• A web browser
• A package manager such as NPM or Yarn
• Node.js installed

What next?

• Testing the API with Jest
• Build a React.js user interface
• Add Prometheus metrics to the API
• Deploy the API with Caddy & Docker
• Add Google OAuth

Concepts

• REST API principles
  • CRUD
  • HTTP methods
• JWT & refresh tokens
• Request validation

Technologies

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

Installation

yarn
yarn start

or

npm install
npm start