Building a REST API with Express

Take the power of information into your own hands by building a REST API that you can use for business or for fun!

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Have you ever thought about what goes on behind the scenes when you

  • Buy a product
  • Check the weather
  • or use a messenger service?

None of these would be possible without APIs - Application Programming Interfaces.

In this course, we'll build an API with Node and Express that is perfect for an eCommerce application like a store.

You'll learn tons of useful skills, valuable to any freelancer, front end developer, back end developer or full stack developer:

  • Set up Node and Express
  • Install and configure MongoDB
  • Examine MongoDB records
  • Update MongoDB records with Node
  • Create a REST API with Node and Express
  • Search for records in a MongoDB database
  • Find and modify specific entries in a MongoDB database
  • Decode and intepret POST requests
  • Make POST requests using Node
  • Document a REST API

There really is a huge amount of value packed into this course! It is amazing the sheer volume of practical skills we are able to cover in such a short time.

Why are you waiting to expand your skills into a world of data, commerce and communication? Sign up for this course today!

In rough order, we will cover the following:

  • Understand what a REST API is
  • Review the finished product
  • Understand the key tools we’ll be using (Express, Babel, etc.)
  • Understand fundamental REST terms (GET, POST, etc.)
  • Build the application
  • Scaffold Node environment
  • Configure Express
  • Create GET routes
  • Create POST routes


Your Instructor(s)


Daniel Stern
Daniel Stern

Known in development circles as “the Code Whisperer," Daniel Stern has been believed to possess a supernatural connection to computers ever since he talked the supercomputer Deep Blue off the roof of a twelve-story St. Petersburg apartment building, following its shameful loss to Gary Kasparov.

He can often be found singing softly to his tablet, or gently caressing his aluminum keyboard in his arms.

Daniel has been working as a front end and full stack developer in the tech industry since 2011. He's developed single-page applications for banks like CIBC, charities like the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, and at ad agencies like McLaren McCann, TraffikGroup and Olson. Throughout his labors, he's worked on computer programming in his spare time because, well, he's obsessed with it.

In addition to being featured in both CSS Weekly and JavaScript weekly, Daniel is well-known throughout the open-source community for maintaining several open-source tools, most notably the Angular.js and LESS-based tool, Range .css and the Angular .js audio tool, ngAudio.

In addition to being trusted by the open source community to develop top-quality, functional code, Daniel has also been invited to speak at numerous conferences including Full Stack Conference 2014 in London, England.

Daniel is an active learner and very passionate about the following technologies,

- Node.js
- Angular.js
- TypeScript
- MongoDB
- Brackets, the Open Source Code Editor
- Esprima
- LESS
- Grunt
- Yeoman
- Many, many, many more


Course Curriculum


  Understanding REST APIs
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  Scaffolding the Application
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  Requesting and Sending Data using a REST API
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  Validating Requests and Modifying the Database in a REST API
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Frequently Asked Questions


When does the course start and finish?
The course starts now and never ends! It is a completely self-paced online course - you decide when you start and when you finish.
How long do I have access to the course?
How does lifetime access sound? After enrolling, you have unlimited access to this course for as long as you like - across any and all devices you own.
What if I am unhappy with the course?
We would never want you to be unhappy! If you are unsatisfied with your purchase, contact us in the first 30 days and we will give you a full refund.