tomdoestech/rest-api-tutorial

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

Note: This repository and video has been recreated

• New repository: https://github.com/TomDoesTech/REST-API-Tutorial-Updated
• New video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWUi6BS9T5Y

Article: https://tomanagle.medium.com/build-a-rest-api-with-node-js-typescript-mongodb-b6c898d70d61 Video: https://youtu.be/goUbHgAzPCs

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

Who is this tutorial for?

• Junior to mid-level developers
• Anyone interested in building REST APIs with TypeScript

Why?

• REST APIs are the staple of the web development industry
• Knowing how REST APIs is important for both back and frontend developers
• There's no better way to understand how they work than to build one

Concepts

• REST API principals

  • CRUD
  • HTTP methods
  • What REST is and is not

• JWT & refresh tokens

Technologies

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

Video structure

1. What are we going to build
2. Bootstrap application
3. Build out registration
4. Build out post CRUD operations

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rest-api-tutorial's Issues

Mongoose Breaking change in model

file: user.model.ts

compilation error: UserSchema.pre("save", async function (next: mongoose.HookNextFunction) {

Mongoose closed reply: Automattic/mongoose#9653

Object is of type 'unknown'. error

{
"version": "1.0.0",
"main": "index.js",
"scripts": {
"dev": "nodemon --config nodemon.json source/app.ts"
},
"license": "MIT",
"dependencies": {
"bcrypt": "^5.0.1",
"config": "^3.3.6",
"cors": "^2.8.5",
"dayjs": "^1.10.6",
"express": "^4.17.1",
"jsonwebtoken": "^8.5.1",
"lodash": "^4.17.21",
"mongoose": "^6.0.2",
"nanoid": "^3.1.25",
"pino": "^6.13.1",
"pino-pretty": "^6.0.0",
"yup": "^0.32.9"
},
"devDependencies": {
"@types/bcrypt": "^5.0.0",
"@types/body-parser": "^1.19.1",
"@types/config": "^0.0.39",
"@types/cors": "^2.8.12",
"@types/express": "^4.17.13",
"@types/jsonwebtoken": "^8.5.5",
"@types/lodash": "^4.14.172",
"@types/mongoose": "^5.11.97",
"@types/nanoid": "^3.0.0",
"@types/node": "^16.7.5",
"@types/pino": "^6.3.11",
"@types/yup": "^0.29.13",
"ts-node": "^10.2.1",
"typescript": "^4.4.2"
}
}

With this package's code not run. get error
source/controller/user.controller.ts:12:33 - error TS2571: Object is of type 'unknown'.

Please give feedback how to solve.

schema.validate is not a function

Issue Screenshot

This issue is coming on ValidateRequest Middleware