---
title: "REST API Design Best Practices – How to Build a REST API with JavaScript, Node.js, and Express.js"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/rest-api-design-best-practices-how-to-build-a-rest-api-with-javascript-node-js-and-express-js-ju0gevnnx
source_url: https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/rest-api-design-best-practices-build-a-rest-api/
type: article
source: "freeCodeCamp"
published: 2022-05-04T17:23:52.116Z
updated: 2022-05-04T17:23:52.116Z
tags: ["javascript", "nodejs"]
reading_time: 46
upvotes: 253
comments: 12
language: en
---

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# REST API Design Best Practices – How to Build a REST API with JavaScript, Node.js, and Express.js

**[freeCodeCamp](https://daily.dev/sources/freecodecamp)** · 46 min read · 253 upvotes · 12 comments

## Summary

Best practices are conventions or tips that have evolved over time and turned out to be effective. They should give you a direction to make your API's better in terms of user experience (for the consumer and the builder), security, and performance. In this tutorial we'll build a REST API for a CrossFit Training Application.

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## Community discussion

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**@jeffmurillo** · 0 upvotes

> thi is amaizing

**@ec\_1030** · 0 upvotes

> Amazing!

**@roger\_b** · 0 upvotes

> Good explanation. amazing post and a great teacher

**@francescociulla** · 0 upvotes

> **Thank you!!!**

**@aysi143** · 0 upvotes

> you got me!
> thanks!

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