This is a step by step tutorial on building secure Node.js, MongoDB, Express RESTful API from scratch, In this tutorial, we will learn how to create a secure RESTful API using Node, MongoDB, and Express JS in 10 minutes. Creating web, mobile, or any software application using REST API is a better way to manage the scalability and performance of the web application. APIs are reusable code and considered best for scalability.

REST stands for Representational State Transfer, and it is used to fetch and manage the data using various stateless services. CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete) operations are the internal part of the HTTP protocol, and these operations allow us to manipulate the data on the server through RESTful APIs.

HTTP Services Types:

POST   |     Create data or individual item

GET    |     Get an item or single data

PUT    |     Create or replace data

PATCH  |     Update data

DELETE |     Delete a resource

We are going to build RESTful APIs for school management system based on the CRUD operation pattern. We will create the REST endpoints with Node, Express, and MongoDB.