Final Project: Building and Deploying a Complete API

Project Overview
Build and deploy a complete RESTful API for a product catalog and order
management system with the following features:
- ā¢User authentication and authorization
- ā¢Product management (CRUD operations)
- ā¢Order processing
- ā¢Basic reporting
- ā¢API documentation
- ā¢Performance optimization
- ā¢Security implementation
- ā¢Deployment to a cloud platform
Core Functionality
- ā¢User registration and authentication with JWT
- ā¢Role-based access control (admin, staff, customer)
- ā¢Product management (create, read, update, delete)
- ā¢Category management for products
- ā¢Order creation and processing
- ā¢Order status tracking
- ā¢Basic reporting (sales, inventory, etc.)
Technical Requirements
- ā¢Express.js for API development
- ā¢MongoDB for database
- ā¢JWT for authentication
- ā¢Input validation
- ā¢Error handling
- ā¢API documentation with Swagger
- ā¢Logging and monitoring
- ā¢Unit and integration tests
- ā¢Performance optimization (caching, pagination, etc.)
- ā¢Deployment to a cloud platform (Heroku, AWS, etc.)
Project Structure
1. Project Setup
2. Configure Environment and Database
3. Create Express App
4. Implementing Models
5. Implementing Authentication
6. Building CRUD Operations
7. Deploy and Review
- ā¢Prepare for deployment
- ā¢Configure production environment variables
- ā¢Set up monitoring
- ā¢Add final security measures
- ā¢Deploy to cloud platform:
- ā¢Heroku
- ā¢AWS Elastic Beanstalk
- ā¢Digital Ocean App Platform
- ā¢Review and test:
- ā¢Verify API functionality
- ā¢Test security
- ā¢Check performance
- ā¢Ensure proper error handling
- ā¢Validate documentation
Final Deliverables
- 1.Working API deployed to a cloud platform
- 2.Complete API documentation
- 3.Source code in a Git repository
- 4.Presentation of the API design and implementation
- 5.Performance and security report
Recommended Image
A comprehensive system architecture diagram showing the complete API system,
including frontend clients, API server, database, caching layer, authentication
flow, and cloud deployment infrastructure.
Further Reading
- ā¢[Building a Production-Ready Node.js API](https://blog.logrocket.com/how-to-build-a-restful-api-with-node-js-and-express/)
- ā¢[Best Practices for Express in Production](https://expressjs.com/en/advanced/best-practice-performance.html)
- ā¢[RESTful API Design Guidelines](https://florimond.dev/blog/articles/2018/08/restful-api-design-13-best-practices-to-make-your-users-happy/)
- ā¢[Node.js Production Best Practices](https://github.com/goldbergyoni/nodebestpractices)