Build a REST API with Node.js, Mongoose & TypeScript

Note: This repository includes the postman collection for the finished API

Note 2: Make sure you add .env to your .gitignore before pushing any changes to your repository. You will also want to generate new public & private keys

Generate new keys: https://travistidwell.com/jsencrypt/demo/

Base64 encode the keys: https://www.base64encode.org/

What you will need

• A running instance of MongoDB
• Postman
• An IDE or text editor (VS Code)
• A web browser
• A package manager such as NPM or Yarn
• Node.js installed

What next?

• Testing the API with Jest
• Build a React.js user interface
• Add Prometheus metrics to the API
• Deploy the API with Caddy & Docker
• Add Google OAuth

Concepts

• REST API principals
  • CRUD
  • HTTP methods
• JWT & refresh tokens
• Request validation

Technologies

• Node.js
• MongoDB with Mongoose
• TypeScript
• Express.js & Express.js middleware
• Zod validation

Data flow

Access & refresh token flow

Deployment

What will we use

• Docker (image)
• docker-compose (container)
• Caddy - Web server
• DigitalOcean

Note: You will need Docker installed locally if you want to test your Docker configutation