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    RESTful Web API Design with Node.js - Second Edition
    RESTful Web API Design with Node.js - Second Edition
    RESTful Web API Design with Node.js - Second Edition
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    RESTful Web API Design with Node.js - Second Edition

    By Valentin Bojinov

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    About This Book
    • Create a fully featured RESTful API solution from scratch.
    • Learn how to leverage Node.JS, Express, MongoDB and NoSQL datastores to give an extra edge to your REST API design.
    • Use this practical guide to integrate MongoDB in your Node.js application.
    Who This Book Is For

    The ideal target audience for this book is web developers who have some experience with RESTful services. Familiarity with basic JavaScript programming techniques is required. No prior experience with Node.js or Express.js is required.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPackt Publishing
    Release dateMay 26, 2016
    ISBN9781786463203
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      RESTful Web API Design with Node.js - Second Edition - Valentin Bojinov

      Table of Contents

      RESTful Web API Design with Node.js - Second Edition

      Credits

      About the Author

      About the Reviewer

      www.PacktPub.com

      eBooks, discount offers, and more

      Why subscribe?

      Preface

      What this book covers

      What you need for this book

      Who this book is for

      Conventions

      Reader feedback

      Customer support

      Downloading the example code

      Errata

      Piracy

      Questions

      1. REST – What You Did Not Know

      REST fundamentals

      Principle 1 - everything is a resource

      Principle 2 - each resource is identifiable by a unique identifier

      Principle 3 - use the standard HTTP methods

      Principle 4 - resources can have multiple representations

      Principle 5 - communicate statelessly

      The REST goals

      Separation of the representation and the resource

      Visibility

      Reliability

      Scalability and performance

      Working with WADL

      Taking advantage of the existing infrastructure

      Summary

      2. Getting Started with Node.js

      Installing Node.js

      Node Package Manager

      Installing the Express framework and other modules

      Setting up a development environment

      Handling HTTP requests

      Modularizing code

      Testing Node.js

      Working with mock objects

      Deploying an application

      Microsoft Azure

      Nodejitsu

      Self-test questions

      Summary

      3. Building a Typical Web API

      Specifying the API

      Implementing routes

      Querying the API

      Content negotiation

      Cross-origin resource sharing

      API versioning

      Self-test questions

      Summary

      4. Using NoSQL Databases

      Key/value store - LevelDB

      Document store - MongoDB

      Database modeling with Mongoose

      Testing a Mongoose model with Mocha

      Creating a user-defined model around a Mongoose model

      Wiring up a NoSQL database module to Express

      Content delivery network

      Self-test questions

      Summary

      5. Implementing a Fully-Fledged RESTful Service

      Extensibility and versioning

      Working with arbitrary data

      Linking

      Implementing paging and filtering

      Caching

      Supplying the Cache-Control header in Express applications

      Discovering and exploring RESTful services

      Self-test questions

      Summary

      6. Keeping the Bad Guys Out

      Authentication

      Basic authentication

      Passport

      Passport's basic authentication strategy

      Passport's third-party authentication strategies

      Authorization

      Transport Layer Security

      Self-test questions

      Summary

      RESTful Web API Design with Node.js - Second Edition

      RESTful Web API Design with Node.js - Second Edition

      Copyright © 2016 Packt Publishing

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      Every effort has been made in the preparation of this book to ensure the accuracy of the information presented. However, the information contained in this book is sold without warranty, either express or implied. Neither the author, nor Packt Publishing, and its dealers and distributors will be held liable for any damages caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly by this book.

      Packt Publishing has endeavored to provide trademark information about all of the companies and products mentioned in this book by the appropriate use of capitals. However, Packt Publishing cannot guarantee the accuracy of this information.

      First published: March 2015

      Second edition: May 2016

      Production reference: 1200516

      Published by Packt Publishing Ltd.

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      Credits

      About the Author

      Valentin Bojinov studied computer programming at the Technological School of Electronic Systems in Sofia, Bulgaria, a college within the Technical University of Sofia. He was introduced to programming there and realized that his career would be in research and development. He holds a BSc in telecommunication and information engineering. Then, his interest in data transmission grew, and he ventured into B2B (business-to-business) communication. He is currently pursuing his MSc in software development. Valentin is an expert in Java, SOAP, RESTful web services, and B2B integration.

      A few years after he started his career as a .NET developer, he realized that B2B and SOA were his passion. He then moved to SAP, where he contributed to the development of the web services stack of the SAP JEE platform. He currently works as a senior Java developer for the Bulgarian branch of Seeburger AG, a leader in the B2B and MFT solutions market. There, he develops and maintains several B2B communication adapters, including web services and SAP adapters.

      I would like to take the opportunity to thank my soulmate Galya for putting up with me and with my decision to work on this title. Also, many thanks to my lovely parents, my dad Emil for encouraging me to study computers 20 years ago, and to mummy Anka for always being there for me! Special thanks to all my mentors from TUES for showing me how to learn efficiently and to never give up, the credit here goes mainly to Lubomir Chorbadjiev. I also have to mention my extraordinary colleagues I had the chance to study with! Guys, thanks for always being such good friends and experts! I know I haven’t recently shown on our regular monthly gathering, so next time beer is on me!

      About the Reviewer

      Huseyin BABAL is an enthusiast full stack developer since 2007 who mainly develops web applications by using Java, Node.js and PHP on the backend; AngularJS and Twitter Bootstrap on the frontend; and Elasticsearch and MongoDB for some research projects. He is the author of Node.js in Action on Udemy with 1500+ students. He is also interested in DevOps engineering and applies continuous delivery principles to his projects. He writes tutorials about full stack development on Tuts+ and Java Code Geeks and shares his experiences at public conferences.

      Besides the computer world, he lives in Istanbul with his wonderful wife and two cockatiels. He likes to spend his spare time with his wife by walking at least 1 hour per day, visiting different places, watching cartoons, and going on summer holidays.

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      Preface

      RESTful services have become the de facto standard data feed providers for social services, news feeds, and mobile devices. They deliver a large amount of data to millions of users; therefore, they need to address high-availability requirements such as reliability and scalability. This book will show you how to utilize the Node.js platform to implement a robust and performant data service. By the end of the book you will have learned how to implement a real-life RESTful service, taking advantage of the modern NoSQL database for serving both JSON and binary content. Important topics such as correct URI structuring and security features are also covered with detailed examples, showing you everything you need to know to start implementing robust RESTful APIs serving content for your applications!

      What this book covers

      Chapter 1, REST – What You Did Not Know, gives you a brief introduction into the history of REST and how it couples with the HTTP protocol.

      Chapter 2, Getting Started with Node.js, teaches you how to install Node.js and how to work with its package manager to install modules, develop your first HTTP server application, and write automated unit tests for the HTTP handler by using mock request objects.

      Chapter 3, Building a Typical Web API, teaches you how to structure your application using human-readable URL and URI parameters and develop a read-only RESTful service application using the filesystem as storage.

      Chapter 4, Using NoSQL Databases, explains how to use LevelDB and MongoDB NoSQL databases, understand the difference between key/value and document data stores, and write automated tests for NoSQL user defined modules.

      Chapter 5, Implementing a Full-Fledged RESTful Service, implements a production-ready RESTful service that uses NoSQL to store its data. You will also learn how to handle binary data and how to version an API while it evolves.

      Chapter 6, Keeping the Bad Guys Out, explains how to restrict access to your data by choosing an appropriate authentication approach, protect data leakage with transport layer security.

      What you need for this book

      The following software is required to test the code present in this book:

      Node.js

      Enide developer studio or the Nodeclipse plugin for the Eclipse IDE

      SoapUI

      OpenSSL

      Who this book is for

      This book targets developers who want to enrich their development skills by learning how to develop scalable, server-side, RESTful applications based on the Node.js platform. You also need to be aware of HTTP communication concepts and should have a working knowledge of the JavaScript language. Knowledge of REST would be an added advantage but is definitely not a necessity.

      Conventions

      In this book, you will find a number of text styles that distinguish between different kinds of information. Here are some examples of these styles and an explanation of their meaning.

      Code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user

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