Guided Notes
Building a REST API with Express
Designing resources and endpoints, CRUD operations, validation, consistent error responses, pagination and filtering, and testing with a REST client.
REST in practice
Slide 1 / 5A REST API exposes resources (patients, appointments, invoices) at URLs and uses HTTP methods for actions:
GET /api/appointments — list GET /api/appointments/:id — one item POST /api/appointments — create PATCH /api/appointments/:id — update some fields PUT /api/appointments/:id — replace DELETE /api/appointments/:id — remove
Use plural nouns, JSON bodies, and the right status codes.