RESTful Web API Design with Node.js (Video 12)

The video tutorial covers the process of designing a RESTful API, starting with understanding the data and its representation. It explains how to define API specifications, perform acceptance and load tests, and maximize server utilization. The tutorial also discusses the importance of abstracting the data layer's complexity and choosing the right data representation. It concludes with defining API resources and implementing methods like GET, POST, PUT, and DELETE.

What is the primary goal when designing a RESTful API?

• To expose all data from the database

• To abstract the complexity of the data layer

• To ensure the API is visible to all users

• To make the API as complex as possible

Why is it important to decide on the API's data representation?

• To make the API slower

• To expose the database structure

• To ensure users can modify all data

• To determine what information users should access

Which data is excluded from the API representation based on the sample application's requirements?

• Content of the notes

• Owner ID and Friend ID

• User's profile image URL

• All Twitter data

How should the notes resource be structured within the API?

• As a global resource

• As a standalone resource

• As part of the user resource

• As part of the friend resource

What HTTP method is used to update a note in the API?

• DELETE

• PUT

• POST

• GET