Express.JS Movie API Example

Create a simple REST API that serves a list of movies and allows the users to update the movies database with an update operation.

Uses Node.JS, Express.JS and an SQLite file as a database system.

Code: https://github.com/kostasx/node-movie-api


==== TABLE OF CONTENTS

Coding starts at 02:00 -- https://youtu.be/a0ySy_u5uo8?t=120
Basic Express Server setup -- https://youtu.be/a0ySy_u5uo8?t=251
Initialize and setup the SQLite Database -- https://youtu.be/a0ySy_u5uo8?t=610
Create the Add Movies Route -- https://youtu.be/a0ySy_u5uo8?t=883
Create the List Movies Route -- https://youtu.be/a0ySy_u5uo8?t=1352
Integrate Front End -- https://youtu.be/a0ySy_u5uo8?t=1535


==== INSPIRED BY

https://twitter.com/pretty_printed/status/1126491205083078657

Python Flask API Code (Original):
https://github.com/PrettyPrinted/flask-movie-api

Front End Code (React):
https://github.com/benawad/react-movie-list

==== RESOURCES

NodeJS: https://nodejs.org/en/

ExpressJS (NodeJS Framework): https://expressjs.com/

sqlite3 Node Module:
https://github.com/mapbox/node-sqlite3/wiki/API

VSCode (Code Editor): https://code.visualstudio.com/

Nodemon: https://nodemon.io/

Postman: https://www.getpostman.com/

sqlite3 CLI: https://www.sqlite.org/download.html

HTTP Status Codes: https://httpstatuses.com/