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Web Development with MongoDB and Node

You're reading from   Web Development with MongoDB and Node Build fast web applications for handling any kind of data

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Product type Paperback
Published in Sep 2017
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ISBN-13 9781788395083
Length 330 pages
Edition 3rd Edition
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Bruno Joseph D'mello Bruno Joseph D'mello
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Preface 1. Welcome to JavaScript in the Full Stack 2. Getting Up and Running FREE CHAPTER 3. Node and MongoDB Basics 4. Introducing Express 5. Templating with Handlebars 6. Controllers and View Models 7. Persisting Data with MongoDB 8. Creating a RESTful API 9. Testing Your Code 10. Deploying with Cloud-Based Services 11. Popular Node.js Web Frameworks 12. Single Page Applications with Popular Frontend Frameworks

Creating a RESTful API

Now that your application is complete and ready for the world to see, you can start thinking of ways to make it more popular. What if you want to allow external systems access rights to your data in a way such that they can mass produce inserts to your website without the need for users to visit the actual website?
One example that comes to mind almost immediately is how users of another website, say www.facebook.com, could upload an image to Facebook and have it automatically uploaded to your website as well.

The only way to make a scenario like this possible is by providing an API to your data and the code that gives external developers access to a suite of tools that will allow them to perform actions without the need to interact with the actual web pages.

In this chapter, we will review the following topics:

  • Introducing RESTful APIs
  • Installing a few...
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