Chapter 2
Developing RESTful APIs to Perform CRUD Operations

By the end of this chapter, you will be able to:

Describe the design concept of a RESTful API
Create a MongoDB Atlas cluster with Node
Connect a Node application to the database with the MongoDB native driver and Mongoose
Create a database schema and a data model with Mongoose
Implement Express with Node
Develop a RESTful API

This chapter presents the fundamentals and practical elements that will enable you to develop and test a RESTful API.