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RPC with Express JS? [closed]
I've been working on a project recently where I have an Expressjs server that supplies weather forecast data to its clients. Right now, I'm using express simply as a means of exposing some functions I ...
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Is it bad design to internally call API endpoints from within the API instance?
For context, I am running a REST API built with Node.js. Because of callbacks and some complex DB calls, I have a chain of functions that are async but also unique, so it's tough to reduce redundancy. ...
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Should models be returning data directly to the client, or to the controller instead?
Disclaimer: This is my first time: using node, creating a REST API, and trying out MVC server side. (so, just statistically speaking, I'm probably doing something wrong ¯\_(ツ)_/¯)
I'm working on ...
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Filtering request and responses in RESTful MEAN stack
I have a very basic RESTful service written using the MEAN stack (MongoDb, Express.js, Angular.js, Node.js) and utilizing the Mongoose ODM.
Product schema
var productSchema = new mongoose.Schema({
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Are colons ok in a REST API?
I see many REST API examples with URIs like http://<whatever>/widgets or http://<whatever>/widget/123, for a specific thing. For most things I would just stick with the front slash, but ...
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