API Development in Go Using MongoDB

Gain insights into building robust APIs with Go and MongoDB. Learn about CRUD operations, authentication, integration, and enhance your skills with practical examples and hands-on exercises.

Intermediate

51 Lessons

15h

Certificate of Completion

Gain insights into building robust APIs with Go and MongoDB. Learn about CRUD operations, authentication, integration, and enhance your skills with practical examples and hands-on exercises.

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This course includes

67 Playgrounds

7 Quizzes

This course includes

67 Playgrounds

7 Quizzes

Course Overview

API Development in Go using MongoDB is a comprehensive course that focuses on building robust application programming interfaces (APIs) using the Go programming language and MongoDB as the underlying database. The course is structured in a sequential manner to provide a step-by-step understanding of API development in Go using MongoDB. You’ll be introduced to Go programming, integrating MongoDB with Go, designing and implementing CRUD operations, and handling authentication and authorization. Practical exa...Show More

TAKEAWAY SKILLS

Mongodb

Rest Api

Object Oriented Programming

What You'll Learn

Proficiency in Go programming and MongoDB integration

Basic understanding of authentication and authorization in Go APIs

Hands-on experience in RESTful API development using Go, including routing and endpoint implementation

Hands-on knowledge of CRUD operations in MongoDB

Hands-on knowledge of scalable API design, data storage with MongoDB, and API security

What You'll Learn

Proficiency in Go programming and MongoDB integration

Course Content

Recap of Go Programming

Learn how to use Go fundamentals, including data types, loops, functions, and data structures.

About this Course Data Types and Variables Conditional Statements and Loops Functions and Scopes Arrays and Structs Quiz on the Basics of Go Language

Introduction to Mongo DB

Look at the basics, differences between SQL and NoSQL, and MongoDB's flexible data model.

Basics of Databases Comparing SQL and NoSQL Introduction to MongoDB Quiz on Databases

API Guidelines

Work your way through API fundamentals, design principles, Go frameworks, and documentation best practices.

Introduction to Application Programming Interface (API)

API Design Guidelines Go Frameworks

API Documentation Quiz on API Guidelines

User Management

Grasp the fundamentals of user management, authentication, authorization, and JWT handling in a scalable API.

Project Overview Authentication and Authorization User Account Creation Managing Login and Understanding JWTs Creating the Authentication Middleware File Fetch User Details Fetch All Users Exercise: Create a New User Quiz on User Management

Genre Operations

Take a look at managing movie genres with create, fetch, update, delete, and search operations.

Genre Module Workflow Create a Genre Fetch a Specific Genre Fetch All Genres Update a Genre Delete a Genre Exercise: Search Genre by Name Quiz on Genre Operations

Movie Records

10 Lessons

Tackle creating, updating, fetching, searching, filtering, and deleting movies in a secure module.

Movie Reviews

6 Lessons

Master the steps to manage, view, update, and delete movie reviews in MongoDB using Go.

Appendix

2 Lessons

Get familiar with setting up a Go project and MongoDB for scalable REST API development.

Wrap Up

1 Lesson

Look at key concepts of Go, REST APIs, security, CRUD operations, and MongoDB integration.

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