Build a JSON API app with Node.js & Express.js — Step-by-step Guide
In this video tutorial, my goal is to create an example Node.js backend API which can be used for React / Next.js projects. API will return a JSON response.
The thing is most of the parts of React / Next.js projects require working backend API so you can fetch data. It’s relatively easy to do so in Python or Golang. Usually with a few lines of code. In this coding session, I want to explore for myself if it is the same in Node.js.
Since it is a coding session and a video-post at the same time, on this page I will post the process, which might contain a lot of “progress content.” If you want to see the result and just a short explanation, jump to the end of the page.
Originally published at https://kananrahimov.com on November 2, 2020.
Part 1: Build a JSON API in Node.js
The coding part starts at 1:25.
In part 1, we create a very simple Node.js app with the following features:
