express-rest.md

REST Intructor Notes

Objectives

• Describe what REST is.
• Explain why REST is important.
• Create a RESTful Express server.

What is REST?

• Clients are concerned with user interface.
• Servers are concerned with data persistence.
• Clients and servers communicate over a well-defined HTTP contract.
• Clients and servers think about data in terms of resources.
• Clients send HTTP requests to create, read, update, and destroy resources.
• Servers send HTTP responses to indicate the result of these operations.

CFU

Turn to your neighbor and summarize the definition REST. Be prepared to share with the class.

CFU

• What is in the request body when you GET all? What are the identifiers in the request URL?
• What is in the request body when you GET one? What are the identifiers in the request URL?
• What is in the request body when you POST one? What are the identifiers in the request URL?
• What is in the request body when you PATCH one? What are the identifiers in the request URL?
• What is in the request body when you DELETE one? What are the identifiers in the request URL?

CFU

• What is in the response body when you GET all?
• What is in the response body when you GET one?
• What is in the response body when you POST one?
• What is in the response body when you PATCH one?
• What is in the response body when you DELETE one?

Why is REST Important?

• Turn and talk with your neighbor and discuss why REST is important. Be prepared to share with the class.

How do you create a RESTful express server?

• Reference repo