--- title: Building a Scalable API in Node | daily.dev description: Maciej Kocik shares his tips on building a scalable and configurable API in Node. The API is database-agnostic, but in the final example, I will use MongoDB.... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/building-a-scalable-api-in-node-jnqil8vt7 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Building a Scalable API in Node | daily.dev og:description: Maciej Kocik shares his tips on building a scalable and configurable API in Node. The API is database-agnostic, but in the final example, I will use MongoDB.... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/building-a-scalable-api-in-node-jnqil8vt7 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/jnqiL8VT7.png og:image:alt: Building a Scalable API in Node og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Building a Scalable API in Node **[The Startup](https://daily.dev/sources/swlh)** · 12 min read · 27 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary Maciej Kocik shares his tips on building a scalable and configurable API in Node. The API is database-agnostic, but in the final example, I will use MongoDB. The Dependency Inversion Principle comes to play (the D principle from the well-established SOLID rules) Don’t let your core logic to rely on the concrete classes/ modules. Always create a layer of abstraction. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@bhullansaab** · 0 upvotes > nice article --- [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/building-a-scalable-api-in-node-jnqil8vt7) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Building a Scalable API in Node","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/building-a-scalable-api-in-node-jnqil8vt7","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/building-a-scalable-api-in-node-jnqil8vt7"},"datePublished":"2020-11-25T07:18:15.335Z","dateModified":"2021-10-07T14:17:10.317Z","description":"Maciej Kocik shares his tips on building a scalable and configurable API in Node. The API is database-agnostic, but in the final example, I will use MongoDB....","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/ee7a8a8232a13b2b302a0eae19c73e01","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/ee7a8a8232a13b2b302a0eae19c73e01","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"The Startup","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"The Startup","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/swlh","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/swlh"},"commentCount":1,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/building-a-scalable-api-in-node-jnqil8vt7","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":27},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}],"keywords":"","timeRequired":"PT12M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Startup","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/swlh"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Building a Scalable API in Node"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/building-a-scalable-api-in-node-jnqil8vt7","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"nice article","datePublished":"2020-11-25T10:20:32.292Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/jnqiL8VT7#c-8sUoaJNPd","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Bhullan Saab","url":"https://daily.dev/bhullansaab","image":"https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a-/AOh14Gh6VCAZI28FOetUOproMNLYWAeuL_0C569BoaNH=s100"}}]} ```