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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

Wiring up a NoSQL database module to Express

Now we have automated tests for the model and a user-defined module which makes use of them. This ensures the stability of the module and makes it ready for wider adoption.

It is time to build a new Express-based application and add a route, exposing the new module to it:

const express = require('express');
const router = express.Router();

const catalog = require('../modules/catalog');
const model = require('../model/item.js');

router.get('/', function(request, response, next) {
catalog.findAllItems(response);
});

router.get('/item/:itemId', function(request, response, next) {
console.log(request.url + ' : querying for ' + request.params.itemId);
catalog.findItemById(request.params.itemId, response);
});

router.get('/:categoryId', function(request, response, next) {
console...
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