While implementing the first routes of your REST API, you noticed that requesting all shows returns ALL shows. With a growing set of TV shows, your API response will grow respectively. To reduce the amount of outgoing JSON data, implement pagination and let users fetch data when needed. To continue […]
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Testing in hapi builds on top of a single method: server.inject. Injecting requests is a core element in testing your hapi app. A previous tutorial walked you through the basics of injecting requests to test route handlers. What we didn’t cover there is the ability to inject requests with payload, […]
While creating the Futureflix API, you noticed that the JSON representation of documents contains the _id and version key __v. The _id field feels wrong due to the underscore prefix, so let’s remove it and keep only the id field. The version key __v isn’t necessary in the response at […]
At some point you want to expand your platform from browsers to other clients. This could be native apps for Android and iOS. Or you want to shift gears and level up your web frontend with a client-side framework that communicates via JSON data instead of HTML. This is the […]
One of the reasons we’re passionate about hapi is its easiness of testing. The framework has a built-in server.inject method that simulates an incoming HTTP request. A server.inject call won’t create a socket connection. You’re not relying to the network stack to run tests in your app. That means, testing […]
Every app needs some kind of search. Serving content comes with the need to make it visible and what fits better than a full text search. Because Futureflix uses MongoDB as its data store, you’ll implement a full text search on top of it. Starting in version 3.2, MongoDB ships […]
You’ve limited time to spend on watching movies and TV shows. You can’t watch everything at once. A watchlist is a space to save movies and shows for later. Once you finished the current show (or movie), pick the next one from your watchlist. If you’re like me and can’t […]
We as Node.js developers are constantly feeling the hype around the next shiny new library. It seems every other day there’s a new one picking up steam. Well, our mind tells us to look at it and integrate in projects. Ignore all the hype for a second and think about […]
Pagination is an essential part of web applications to split large data sets into chunks. Pagination is like the penguins in the Madagascar movie: a secret star. You couldn’t live with it while having a minor role in the play. With growing data sets in your Futureflix app, you don’t […]
Testing your hapi applications might require expected values and responses that match a set of data. The code library from hapi’s ecosystem is an assertions library based on chai. Code exposes an expressive and readable language-style interface. You’ll get a grasp on features and the usage in the upcoming sections. […]