Reading notes for class 2 of 401
Express
The difference between a put or a patch is:
- put places an object somewhere
- patch updates the object
Provide links to 3 services or tools that allow you to “mock” an API for development like json-server:
- nock
- mocky.io
- mockserver
Compare and contrast Swagger and APIDoc.js 1 Which HTTP status codes should be sent with each type of (un)successful API call?
- Swagger is a cloud-based API testing and documentation tool. It seems to have more attraction based on functionality and popularity, while ApiDoc creates a documentation from API annotations in the source code. 400, 401, 403, 404, 405, 409, 500, and 503.
Compare and contrast SOAP and ReST:
- Simple Object Access Protocol is a standards based web serveice access protocol that was develope by Microsoft in 2007. But it first appeared initially as XML-RPC in 1998, over 20 years ago. it works well in distributed enterprise environments, uses XML for all messages, and has become standardized. Representational State Transfer is another standard made in response to SOAP’s flaws. REST will not work without the use of HTTP, it works very fast and efficiently because of this, easy to learn.
Vocab
Web Server
- A web server is software and hardware that uses HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) and other protocols to respond to client requests made over the World Wide Web.
Express
- Express is a minimal and flexible Node.js web application framework that provides a robust set of features for web and mobile applications.
Routing
- Routing methods specify a callback function (sometimes called “handler functions”) called when the application receives a request to the specified route.
WRRC
- Web request/response cycle.