REST API Build
Design and build a REST API with Express, validation, pagination and proper status codes.
What you'll learn
- Design resource URLs and choose HTTP methods
- Validate request bodies with Zod
- Return consistent error objects and status codes
- Add pagination, filtering and sorting
- Document endpoints with OpenAPI
About this course
You build a bookings API step by step. You design routes, validate input, return consistent errors and document the endpoints. A reviewer reads your code at two checkpoints.
Course curriculum
5 modules and 15 lessons over 4–5 weeks. Plan for about 16 learning hours.
01REST designWeek 1 · 3 lessons
- Resources and URLs
- Methods and status codes
- Request and response shapes
02Express routesWeek 2 · 3 lessons
- Routers
- Controllers
- Middleware order
03Validation and errorsWeek 3 · 3 lessons
- Zod schemas
- Error middleware
- Consistent error format
04QueryingWeek 4 · 3 lessons
- Pagination
- Filtering and sorting
- Rate limiting basics
05Bookings API projectWeek 5 · 3 lessons
- Building the endpoints
- OpenAPI documentation
- Checkpoint reviews
Project
Bookings API. A documented REST API for rooms and bookings with validation, pagination and error handling.
Who this course is for
Learners who know Node basics and want to build APIs that front ends can rely on.
Prerequisites
You can run a Node server and install npm packages.
What's included
- 180-day course access
- Structured lessons
- Project files
- Code templates
- Checkpoints
- One instructor review
- Support during the program
- A digital completion certificate
Learning format
Guided project course, part of our guided project courses. Checkpoints and one instructor review.
Access and delivery
- Enrollment access is activated within 15 minutes after payment.
- Instructor review is normally completed within 2 business days per submitted checkpoint, and the final certificate is issued within 2 business days after completion.
Certificate
You receive a digital completion certificate. Instructor review is normally completed within 2 business days per submitted checkpoint, and the final certificate is issued within 2 business days after completion.
Frequently asked questions
When does access start?
Enrollment access is activated within 15 minutes after payment.
Is payment taken on this website?
No. After you submit your enrollment request, we reply by email with payment details and enrollment confirmation.
Does this course guarantee a job or income?
No. It is an education and training service and does not include employment, income or placement guarantees.
Can I cancel?
Our Refund and Cancellation Policy lists the terms for guided project programs.
