This document outlines the creation of a REST API using the MEAN stack, which includes MongoDB, Express.js, Angular.js, and Node.js. It covers the fundamentals of REST APIs, data modeling, user authentication, and the development of an application, specifically an RSS aggregator. The document also emphasizes the importance of testing and provides code examples for building the API and handling user actions.

1. Build an application with MongoDB
Part 1: Creating a REST API using the ME(a)N stack
Chad Tindel
Senior Solution Architect
@ctindel

2. 2
What is all this stuff?

3. 3
• Introduction to the MEAN Stack
• What is a REST API?
• Creating our REST API
• Defining our Data Model
• Real-life authentication using Stormpath
• Javascript Quirks
• WRITE YOUR TESTS FIRST
• Let’s look at some application code
Agenda

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This webinar will move fast

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• M = MongoDB/Mongoose.js, the most popular
nosql operational database
• E = Express.js, a lightweight web application
framework
• A = Angular.js, a robust framework for creating
HTML5 and Javascript rich web applications
• N = Node.js, a server-side javascript interpreter
The MEAN Stack
A modern replacement for LAMP

6. What is a REST API?

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• REST = “Representation State Transfer”
• Essentially it’s just a lighter weight, though not-
standardized, alternative to SOAP and WSDL XML-
based API protocols
• Uses a client-server model, where the server is actually
an HTTP server
• Client sends HTTP verbs (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE)
along with a URL and variable parameters that are
urlencoded
• The URL tells us what object to act on
• Server replies with a result code and valid JSON
What is a REST API?

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• GET – When a client wants to read an object.
• POST – Went a client wants to insert/create an
object.
• PUT – When a client wants to update an object.
• DELETE – When a client wants to delete an
object
HTTP Verbs – Mapping to CRUD

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• Some common codes we might use
– 200 – “OK”
– 201 – “Created” (Used with POST)
– 400 – “Bad Request” (Perhaps missing required
parameters)
– 401 – “Unauthorized” (Missing authentication
parameters)
– 403 – “Forbidden” (You were authenticated but lacking
required privileges)
– 404 – “Not Found”
• http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec10.html
HTTP Result Codes

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• Things you might want to say to me me at this
point:
– “REST APIs aren’t sexy”
– “How am I supposed to show this off to my boss?”
– “My clients wants to see a fancy website or mobile app”
• REST APIs are a way for you to create a data
service enabling you to easily create all your
other applications
– HTML5 / Javascript
– Android
– iOS
Why are we starting with a REST API?

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• Because all the VC Money is in creating apps that
are So-Lo-Mo-Co, lots of new startups don’t even
have a web interface, such as:
– Uber
– WhatsApp
– Postmates
– Wash.io
• Creating a REST API also allows other
companies/applications to easily plug-in to your
application as well, turning your application into a
platform and making it more powerful
New companies don’t have an HTML Interface

12. Creating our REST API

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• We’ll be building an RSS Aggregation application, similar
to our dearly departed Google Reader
• Our application today will have two components
– The REST API
– The Feed Grabber
• Since the point of today’s talk is to learn about creating a
REST API and not the intricacies of RSS feeds, we won’t
be discussing the feed grabber
Let’s build an application!

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• We’ll need to define data models for and store the
following data:
– Users
– RSS Feeds
– Feed Entries
– User Feed Subscriptions
– Which feed entries a user has already read
• We’ll need to allow users to:
– Create an account
– Subscribe/unsubscribe to feeds
– Read feed entries
– Mark feeds/entries as read or unread
Let’s build an application!
Data Models

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{
"_id" : ObjectId("523b1153a2aa6a3233a913f8"),
"requiresAuthentication" : false,
"modifiedDate" : ISODate("2014-08-29T17:40:22Z"),
"permanentlyRemoved" : false,
"feedURL" : "http://feeds.feedburner.com/eater/nyc",
"title" : "Eater NY",
"bozoBitSet" : false,
"enabled" : true,
"etag" : "4bL78iLSZud2iXd/vd10mYC32BE",
"link" : "http://ny.eater.com/",
"permanentRedirectURL" : null,
"description" : "The New York City Restaurant, Bar, and Nightlife
Blog”
}
Data Model Design
Feed Collection

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{
"_id" : ObjectId("523b1153a2aa6a3233a91412"),
"description" : "Buzzfeed asked a bunch of people…”,
"title" : "Cronut Mania: Buzzfeed asked a bunch of people...",
"summary" : "Buzzfeed asked a bunch of people that were…”,
"content" : [
{
"base" : "http://ny.eater.com/",
"type" : "text/html",
"value" : ”LOTS OF HTML HERE",
"language" : "en"
}
],
"entryID" : "tag:ny.eater.com,2013://4.560508",
"publishedDate" : ISODate("2013-09-17T20:45:20Z"),
"link" : "http://ny.eater.com/archives/2013/09/cronut_mania_41.php",
"feedID" : ObjectId("523b1153a2aa6a3233a913f8")
}
Data Model Design
Feed Entry Collection

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{
"_id" : ObjectId("54ad6c3ae764de42070b27b1"),
"active" : true,
"email" : "testuser1@example.com",
"firstName" : "Test",
"lastName" : "User1",
"sp_api_key_id" : "6YQB0A8VXM0X8RVDPPLRHBI7J",
"sp_api_key_secret" : "veBw/YFx56Dl0bbiVEpvbjF”,
"lastLogin" : ISODate("2015-01-07T17:26:18.996Z"),
"created" : ISODate("2015-01-07T17:26:18.995Z"),
"subs" : [ ObjectId("523b1153a2aa6a3233a913f8"),
ObjectId("54b563c3a50a190b50f4d63b")],
}
Data Model Design
User Collection

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{
"_id" : ObjectId("523b2fcc054b1b8c579bdb82"),
"read" : true,
"user_id" : ObjectId("54ad6c3ae764de42070b27b1"),
"feed_entry_id" : ObjectId("523b1153a2aa6a3233a91412"),
"feed_id" : ObjectId("523b1153a2aa6a3233a913f8")
}
Data Model Design
User-Feed-Entry Mapping Collection

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• We’ll need to allow users to:
– Create an account
– Subscribe/unsubscribe to feeds
– Read feed entries
– Mark feeds/entries as read or unread
Let’s build an application!
User Actions

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Creating our REST API
Route Verb Description Variables
/user/enroll POST Register a
new user
firstName
lastName
email
password
/user/resetPassword PUT Password
Reset
email
/feeds GET Get feed
subscriptions
for each user
with
description
and unread
count
/feeds/subscribe PUT Subscribe to
a new feed
feedURL

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Creating our REST API
Route Verb Description Variables
/feeds/entries GET Get all entries
for feeds the
user is
subscribed to
/feeds/<feedid>/entries GET Get all entries
for a specific
feed
/feeds/<feedid> PUT Mark all
entries for a
specific feed
as read or
unread
read = <true
| false>

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Creating our REST API
Route Verb Description Variables
/feeds/<feedid>/entries/<entryid> PUT Mark a
specific entry
as either read
or unread
read = <true
| false>
/feeds/<feedid> DELETE Unsubscribe
from this
particular
feed

23. Real Life Authentication with
Stormpath

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Using Stormpath for Authentication
• “User Management as a
Service”
– Authentication
– Authorization
– API Keys
• REST JSON API +
– Node SDK
– Express Plugin
– Passport Plugin

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Using Stormpath for Authentication
• Stormpath will give us a secret key for each “Application” we
define with them. These applications can be “Reader Prod”,
“Reader Test”, etc.
• Stormpath will give us an API Key Properties file as well
• We can define password strength requirements for each
application, like
– Must have >= 8 characters
– Must include lowercase and uppercase
– Must include a number
– Must include a non-alphabetic character
• Stormpath keeps track of all of our users and assigns them
API Keys which we can use for our REST API Authentication

26. Javascript / Node.js Overview

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Creating a Node.js Application
• Install node.js
– http://nodejs.org/download/
• Node.js applications are built using a lot of library modules
• You define a package.json file describing your application and
all of it’s library dependencies
• You use the Node.js Package Manager to install a copy of
those libraries in a subdirectory of your application
(node_modules/) instead of a system directly (like /usr/lib) to
avoid the problem of different apps needing different and
conflicting library versions
• Run “npm install” and it will create the node_modules/ with all
of your required libraries

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Our package.json
{
"name": "reader-api",
"main": "server.js",
"dependencies": {
"express" : "~4.10.0",
"stormpath" : "~0.7.5", "express-stormpath" : "~0.5.9",
"mongodb" : "~1.4.26”, "mongoose" : "~3.8.0",
"body-parser" : "~1.10.0”, "method-override" : "~2.3.0",
"morgan" : "~1.5.0”, "winston" : "~0.8.3”, "express-winston" : "~0.2.9",
"validator" : "~3.27.0",
"path" : "~0.4.9",
"errorhandler" : "~1.3.0",
"frisby" : "~0.8.3",
"jasmine-node" : "~1.14.5",
"async" : "~0.9.0"
}
}

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Async Code in Javascript
function foo() {
someAsyncFunction(params, function(err, results) {
console.log(“one”);
});
console.log(“two”);
}
At first glance you might expect the output to be:
one
two
But actually it’s the reverse because the line that prints “one”
happens later, asynchronously, in the callback

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Async Library
https://github.com/caolan/async
actionArray = [
function one(cb) {
someAsyncFunction(params, function(err, results) {
if (err) {
cb(new Error(“There was an error”));
}
console.log(“one”);
cb(null);
});
},
function two(cb) {
console.log(“two”);
cb(null);
}]
]
Async.series(actionArray);

31. Write your tests first

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Defining some utility libraries
test/config/test_config.js
module.exports = {
url : 'http://localhost:8000/api/v1.0'
}

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Defining some utility libraries
test/setup_tests.js
function connectDB(callback) {
mongoClient.connect(dbConfig.testDBURL, function(err, db) {
assert.equal(null, err);
reader_test_db = db;
console.log("Connected correctly to server");
callback(0);
});
}

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Defining some utility libraries
test/setup_tests.js (continued)
function dropUserCollection(callback) {
console.log("dropUserCollection");
user = reader_test_db.collection('user');
if (undefined != user) {
user.drop(function(err, reply) {
console.log('user collection dropped');
callback(0);
});
} else {
callback(0);
}
},

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Defining some utility libraries
test/setup_tests.js (continued)
function dropUserFeedEntryCollection(callback) {
console.log("dropUserFeedEntryCollection");
user_feed_entry = reader_test_db.collection('user_feed_entry');
if (undefined != user_feed_entry) {
user_feed_entry.drop(function(err, reply) {
console.log('user_feed_entry collection dropped');
callback(0);
});
} else {
callback(0);
}
}

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Defining some utility libraries
test/setup_tests.js (continued)
function getApplication(callback) {
console.log("getApplication");
client.getApplications({name: SP_APP_NAME}, function(err, applications) {
console.log(applications);
if (err) {
log("Error in getApplications");
throw err;
}
app = applications.items[0];
callback(0);
});
},

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Defining some utility libraries
test/setup_tests.js (continued)
function deleteTestAccounts(callback) {
app.getAccounts({email: TU_EMAIL_REGEX}, function(err, accounts) {
if (err) throw err;
accounts.items.forEach(function deleteAccount(account) {
account.delete(function deleteError(err) {
if (err) throw err;
});
});
callback(0);
});
}
function closeDB(callback) {
reader_test_db.close();
}
async.series([connectDB, dropUserCollection, dropUserFeedEntryCollection,
dropUserFeedEntryCollection, getApplication, deleteTestAccounts,
closeDB);

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Using frisby.js to define test cases
test/create_accounts_error_spec.js
TU1_FN = "Test";
TU1_LN = "User1";
TU1_EMAIL = "testuser1@example.com";
TU1_PW = "testUser123";
TU_EMAIL_REGEX = 'testuser*';
SP_APP_NAME = 'Reader Test';
var frisby = require('frisby');
var tc = require('./config/test_config');
frisby.create('POST missing firstName')
.post(tc.url + '/user/enroll',
{ 'lastName' : TU1_LN,
'email' : TU1_EMAIL,
'password' : TU1_PW })
.expectStatus(400)
.expectHeader('Content-Type', 'application/json; charset=utf-8')
.expectJSON({'error' : 'Undefined First Name'})
.toss()

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Using frisby.js to define test cases
test/create_accounts_error_spec.js (continued)
frisby.create('POST password missing lowercase')
.post(tc.url + '/user/enroll',
{ 'firstName' : TU1_FN,
'lastName' : TU1_LN,
'email' : TU1_EMAIL,
'password' : 'TESTUSER123' })
.expectStatus(400)
.expectHeader('Content-Type', 'application/json; charset=utf-8')
.expectJSONTypes({'error' : String})
.toss()

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Using frisby.js to define test cases
test/create_accounts_error_spec.js (continued)
frisby.create('POST invalid email address')
.post(tc.url + '/user/enroll',
{ 'firstName' : TU1_FN,
'lastName' : TU1_LN,
'email' : "invalid.email",
'password' : 'testUser' })
.expectStatus(400)
.expectHeader('Content-Type', 'application/json; charset=utf-8')
.expectJSONTypes({'error' : String})
.toss()

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Using frisby.js to define test cases
test/create_accounts_spec.js
TEST_USERS = [{'fn' : 'Test', 'ln' : 'User1',
'email' : 'testuser1@example.com', 'pwd' : 'testUser123'},
{'fn' : 'Test', 'ln' : 'User2',
'email' : 'testuser2@example.com', 'pwd' : 'testUser123'},
{'fn' : 'Test', 'ln' : 'User3',
'email' : 'testuser3@example.com', 'pwd' : 'testUser123'}]
SP_APP_NAME = 'Reader Test';
var frisby = require('frisby');
var tc = require('./config/test_config');

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Using frisby.js to define test cases
test/create_accounts_spec.js (continued)
TEST_USERS.forEach(function createUser(user, index, array) {
frisby.create('POST enroll user ' + user.email)
.post(tc.url + '/user/enroll',
{ 'firstName' : user.fn,
'lastName' : user.ln,
'email' : user.email,
'password' : user.pwd })
.expectStatus(201)
.expectHeader('Content-Type', 'application/json; charset=utf-8')
.expectJSON({ 'firstName' : user.fn,
'lastName' : user.ln,
'email' : user.email })
.toss()
});

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Using frisby.js to define test cases
test/create_accounts_spec.js (continued)
frisby.create('POST enroll duplicate user ')
.post(tc.url + '/user/enroll',
{ 'firstName' : TEST_USERS[0].fn,
'lastName' : TEST_USERS[0].ln,
'email' : TEST_USERS[0].email,
'password' : TEST_USERS[0].pwd })
.expectStatus(400)
.expectHeader('Content-Type', 'application/json; charset=utf-8')
.expectJSON({'error' : 'Account with that email already exists. Please choose
another email.'})
.toss()

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Using frisby.js to define test cases
Need to create /tmp/readerTestCreds.js
We want to dynamically create a file that looks like this for us to use in defining
test cases that require us to authenticate a user:
TEST_USERS =
[{ "_id":"54ad6c3ae764de42070b27b1",
"email":"testuser1@example.com",
"firstName":"Test",
"lastName":"User1",
"sp_api_key_id":”<API KEY ID>",
"sp_api_key_secret":”<API KEY SECRET>”
},
{ "_id":"54ad6c3be764de42070b27b2”,
"email":"testuser2@example.com",
"firstName":"Test",
"lastName":"User2”,
"sp_api_key_id":”<API KEY ID>",
"sp_api_key_secret":”<API KEY SECRET>”
}];
module.exports = TEST_USERS;

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Using frisby.js to define test cases
tests/writeCreds.js
TU_EMAIL_REGEX = new RegExp('^testuser*');
SP_APP_NAME = 'Reader Test';
TEST_CREDS_TMP_FILE = '/tmp/readerTestCreds.js';
var async = require('async');
var dbConfig = require('./config/db.js');
var mongodb = require('mongodb');
assert = require('assert');
var mongoClient = mongodb.MongoClient
var reader_test_db = null;
var users_array = null;

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Using frisby.js to define test cases
tests/writeCreds.js (continued)
function connectDB(callback) {
mongoClient.connect(dbConfig.testDBURL, function(err, db) {
assert.equal(null, err);
reader_test_db = db;
callback(null);
});
}
function lookupUserKeys(callback) {
console.log("lookupUserKeys");
user_coll = reader_test_db.collection('user');
user_coll.find({email : TU_EMAIL_REGEX}).toArray(function(err, users) {
users_array = users;
callback(null);
});
}

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Using frisby.js to define test cases
tests/writeCreds.js (continued)
function writeCreds(callback) {
var fs = require('fs');
fs.writeFileSync(TEST_CREDS_TMP_FILE, 'TEST_USERS = ');
fs.appendFileSync(TEST_CREDS_TMP_FILE, JSON.stringify(users_array));
fs.appendFileSync(TEST_CREDS_TMP_FILE, '; module.exports = TEST_USERS;');
callback(0);
}
function closeDB(callback) {
reader_test_db.close();
}
async.series([connectDB, lookupUserKeys, writeCreds, closeDB]);

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Using frisby.js to define test cases
tests/feed_spec.js
TEST_USERS = require('/tmp/readerTestCreds.js');
var frisby = require('frisby');
var tc = require('./config/test_config');
var async = require('async');
var dbConfig = require('./config/db.js');
var dilbertFeedURL = 'http://feeds.feedburner.com/DilbertDailyStrip';
var nycEaterFeedURL = 'http://feeds.feedburner.com/eater/nyc';
function addEmptyFeedListTest(callback) {
var user = TEST_USERS[0];
frisby.create('GET empty feed list for user ' + user.email)
.get(tc.url + '/feeds')
.auth(user.sp_api_key_id, user.sp_api_key_secret)
.expectStatus(200)
.expectHeader('Content-Type', 'application/json; charset=utf-8')
.expectJSON({feeds : []})
.toss()
callback(null);
}

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Using frisby.js to define test cases
tests/feed_spec.js
function subOneFeed(callback) {
var user = TEST_USERS[0];
frisby.create('PUT Add feed sub for user ' + user.email)
.put(tc.url + '/feeds/subscribe',
{'feedURL' : dilbertFeedURL})
.auth(user.sp_api_key_id, user.sp_api_key_secret)
.expectStatus(201)
.expectHeader('Content-Type', 'application/json; charset=utf-8')
.expectJSONLength('user.subs', 1)
.toss()
callback(null);
}

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Using frisby.js to define test cases
tests/feed_spec.js
function subDuplicateFeed(callback) {
var user = TEST_USERS[0];
frisby.create('PUT Add duplicate feed sub for user ' + user.email)
.put(tc.url + '/feeds/subscribe',
{'feedURL' : dilbertFeedURL})
.auth(user.sp_api_key_id, user.sp_api_key_secret)
.expectStatus(201)
.expectHeader('Content-Type', 'application/json; charset=utf-8')
.expectJSONLength('user.subs', 1)
.toss()
callback(null);
}

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Using frisby.js to define test cases
tests/feed_spec.js
function subSecondFeed(callback) {
var user = TEST_USERS[0];
frisby.create('PUT Add second feed sub for user ' + user.email)
.put(tc.url + '/feeds/subscribe',
{'feedURL' : nycEaterFeedURL})
.auth(user.sp_api_key_id, user.sp_api_key_secret)
.expectStatus(201)
.expectHeader('Content-Type', 'application/json; charset=utf-8')
.expectJSONLength('user.subs', 2)
.toss()
callback(null);
}

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Using frisby.js to define test cases
tests/feed_spec.js
function subOneFeedSecondUser(callback) {
var user = TEST_USERS[1];
frisby.create('PUT Add one feed sub for second user ' + user.email)
.put(tc.url + '/feeds/subscribe',
{'feedURL' : nycEaterFeedURL})
.auth(user.sp_api_key_id, user.sp_api_key_secret)
.expectStatus(201)
.expectHeader('Content-Type', 'application/json; charset=utf-8')
.expectJSONLength('user.subs', 1)
.toss()
callback(null);
}
async.series([addEmptyFeedListTest, subOneFeed, subDuplicateFeed,
subSecondFeed, subOneFeedSecondUser]);

53. Can we FINALLY build our REST
API code?

54. 54
Defining some utility libraries
config/db.js
module.exports = {
url : 'mongodb://localhost/reader_test'
}
// If we wanted to have different database URLs for Dev/QA/Prod we could have
// those here

55. 55
Defining some utility libraries
config/security.js
module.exports = {
stormpath_secret_key : ‘YOUR STORMPATH APPLICATION KEY’;
}
// If we wanted to turn on database authentication we could put that here
// This file will NOT get checked into source code control for obvious reasons

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Defining some utility libraries
config/stormpath_apikey.properties
apiKey.id = YOUR STORMPATH API KEY ID
apiKey.secret = YOUR STORMPATH API KEY SECRET

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Express.js Overview
• In express.js you create an “application” (app)
• That application listens on a particular port for HTTP requests
to come in
• When requests come in, they pass through a middleware
chain
– Each link in the middleware chain is given a req (the
request) object and a res object (to store the results)
– Each link can choose to do work, or pass it to the next link
• We add new middleware via app.use()
• The main middleware is called our “router”, which looks at the
URL and routes each different URL/Verb combo to a specific
handler function

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Creating our application!
server.js
var express = require('express');
var bodyParser = require('body-parser');
var mongoose = require('mongoose');
var stormpath = require('express-stormpath');
var routes = require("./app/routes");
var db = require('./config/db');
var security = require('./config/security');
var app = express();
var morgan = require('morgan’);
app.use(morgan);
app.use(stormpath.init(app, {
apiKeyFile: './config/stormpath_apikey.properties',
application: ‘YOUR SP APPLICATION URL',
secretKey: security.stormpath_secret_key
}));
var port = 8000;
mongoose.connect(db.url);

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Creating our application!
server.js (continued)
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: true }));
routes.addAPIRouter(app, mongoose, stormpath);
// Define our own middleware at the end of the chain to handle bad URLs
app.use(function(req, res, next){
res.status(404);
res.json({ error: 'Invalid URL' });
});
app.listen(port);
// shoutout to the user
console.log('Magic happens on port ' + port);
// expose app
exports = module.exports = app;

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Defining our Mongoose Data Models
app/routes.js
var userSchema = new mongoose.Schema({
active: Boolean,
email: { type: String, trim: true, lowercase: true },
firstName: { type: String, trim: true },
lastName: { type: String, trim: true },
sp_api_key_id: { type: String, trim: true },
sp_api_key_secret: { type: String, trim: true },
subs: { type: [mongoose.Schema.Types.ObjectId], default: [] },
created: { type: Date, default: Date.now },
lastLogin: { type: Date, default: Date.now },
},
{ collection: 'user' }
);
userSchema.index({email : 1}, {unique:true});
userSchema.index({sp_api_key_id : 1}, {unique:true});
var UserModel = mongoose.model( 'User', userSchema );

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Defining our Mongoose Data Models
app/routes.js (continued)
var feedSchema = new mongoose.Schema({
feedURL: { type: String, trim:true },
link: { type: String, trim:true },
description: { type: String, trim:true },
state: { type: String, trim:true, lowercase:true, default: 'new' },
createdDate: { type: Date, default: Date.now },
modifiedDate: { type: Date, default: Date.now },
},
{ collection: 'feed' }
);
feedSchema.index({feedURL : 1}, {unique:true});
feedSchema.index({link : 1}, {unique:true, sparse:true});
var FeedModel = mongoose.model( 'Feed', feedSchema );

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Defining our Mongoose Data Models
app/routes.js (continued)
var feedEntrySchema = new mongoose.Schema({
description: { type: String, trim:true },
title: { type: String, trim:true },
summary: { type: String, trim:true },
entryID: { type: String, trim:true },
publishedDate: { type: Date },
link: { type: String, trim:true },
feedID: { type: mongoose.Schema.Types.ObjectId },
state: { type: String, trim:true, lowercase:true, default: 'new' },
created: { type: Date, default: Date.now },
},
{ collection: 'feedEntry' }
);
feedEntrySchema.index({entryID : 1});
feedEntrySchema.index({feedID : 1});
var FeedEntryModel = mongoose.model( 'FeedEntry', feedEntrySchema );

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Defining our Mongoose Data Models
app/routes.js (continued)
var userFeedEntrySchema = new mongoose.Schema({
userID: { type: mongoose.Schema.Types.ObjectId },
feedEntryID: { type: mongoose.Schema.Types.ObjectId },
feedID: { type: mongoose.Schema.Types.ObjectId },
read : { type: Boolean, default: false },
},
{ collection: 'userFeedEntry' }
);
userFeedEntrySchema.index({userID : 1, feedID : 1, feedEntryID : 1, read : 1});
var UserFeedEntryModel = mongoose.model('UserFeedEntry',
userFeedEntrySchema );

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Defining our Routes
app/routes.js (continued)
exports.addAPIRouter = function(app, mongoose, stormpath) {
app.get('/*', function(req, res, next) {
res.contentType('application/json');
next();
});
app.post('/*', function(req, res, next) {
res.contentType('application/json');
next();
});
app.put('/*', function(req, res, next) {
res.contentType('application/json');
next();
});
app.delete('/*', function(req, res, next) {
res.contentType('application/json');
next();
});

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Defining our Routes
app/routes.js (continued)
var router = express.Router();
router.post('/user/enroll', function(req, res) {
logger.debug('Router for /user/enroll');
…
}
router.get('/feeds', stormpath.apiAuthenticationRequired, function(req, res) {
logger.debug('Router for /feeds');
…
}
router.put('/feeds/subscribe',
stormpath.apiAuthenticationRequired, function(req, res) {
logger.debug('Router for /feeds');
…
}
app.use('/api/v1.0', router);
}

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Looking at our router code
Let’s go look at some real router code at:
https://github.com/ctindel/reader/blob/master/api/v1.0/app/routes.js

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Starting the server and running tests
• Make sure your mongodb instance is running
– mongod
• Install the Node Libraries
– npm install
• Start the REST API server
– node server.js
• Run test cases
– node setup_tests.js
– jasmine-node create_accounts_error_spec.js
– jasmine-node create_accounts_spec.js
– node write_creds.js
– jasmine-node feed_spec.js

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