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RESTful Web API Design with Node.js 10, Third Edition

You're reading from   RESTful Web API Design with Node.js 10, Third Edition Learn to create robust RESTful web services with Node.js, MongoDB, and Express.js

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Product type Paperback
Published in Apr 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788623322
Length 178 pages
Edition 3rd Edition
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Valentin Bojinov Valentin Bojinov
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Table of Contents (11) Chapters Close

Preface 1. REST – What You Did Not Know FREE CHAPTER 2. Getting Started with Node.js 3. Building a Typical Web API 4. Using NoSQL Databases 5. Restful API Design Guidelines 6. Implementing a Full Fledged RESTful Service 7. Preparing a RESTful API for Production 8. Consuming a RESTful API 9. Securing the Application 10. Other Books You May Enjoy

Implementing routes

In Node.js terms, a route is a binding between a URI and function. The Express framework provides built-in support for routing. An express object instance contains functions named after each HTTP verb: get, post, put, and delete. They have the following syntax: function(uri, handler);. They are used to bind a handler function to a specific HTTP action executed over a URI. The handler function usually takes two arguments: request and response. Let's see it with a simple Hello route application:

var express = require('express'); 
var app = express(); 
 
app.get('/hello', function(request, response){ 
  response.send('Hello route'); 
}); 
 
app.listen(3000); 

Running this sample at localhost and accessing http://localhost:3000/hello will result in calling your handler function and it will respond saying Hello route, but routing...

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