This document discusses how to create a REST API in Node.js using the Express framework and Mongoose ORM for connecting to MongoDB. It begins with an introduction and background on REST APIs and the technologies used. It then walks through setting up dependencies, creating basic Express routes, connecting to MongoDB with Mongoose, defining a schema and model, and using the model for CRUD operations. The document ends with instructions on testing API endpoints in Postman and includes a link to the source code repository.