🚀 Build a FULL Node.js REST API with MongoDB & Express | Step-by-Step Tutorial

Build a production-ready Node.js REST API from scratch! In this step-by-step tutorial, you’ll learn how to create a complete CRUD API with Express.js, MongoDB, and Mongoose, including search, pagination, and secure deletion. Perfect for beginners & intermediate developers! ✔️ What You’ll Learn: 🔹 Setup Node.js + Express for a scalable backend 🔹 Connect to MongoDB using Mongoose (best practices) 🔹 Design a User Model with proper schema validation 🔹 Implement CRUD Operations: ✔️ Create Users (POST) 🔹 Fetch Users (GET all + by ID) 🔹 Search Users (Regex + Multi-Field Queries) 🔹 Paginate Results (Limit, Skip, Sorting) 🔹 Update Users (PUT/PATCH) 🔹 Delete Users (Single + Multiple) 🔹 Test APIs with Postman (Full demo included!) 📌 Chapters: 0:00 - Intro & Project Setup 2:56 - MongoDB + Mongoose Connection (Best Practices) 6:57 - User Model Design (Schema, Validation) 9:11 - CREATE User API (POST) 14:30 - READ All Users (GET) 16:06 - READ Single User (GET by ID) 18:19 - Advanced SEARCH API (Regex, Multi-Field) 20:29 - PAGINATION (Limit, Skip, Metadata) 23:27 - Search + Pagination COMBO (Ultimate Query) 26:39 - UPDATE User (PUT/PATCH) 28:54 - DELETE User (Secure Hard Delete) 30:06 - BONUS: Delete Multiple Users 💡 Pro Tip: Bookmark this tutorial—it covers everything you need for real-world APIs! 👍 Enjoyed this tutorial? ✔️ Like 👍 (Helps others find this video!) ✔️ Comment 💬 (What API feature should I cover next?) ✔️ Subscribe 🔔 (Weekly backend tutorials!)