Build a REST API with Fastify & Prisma

Video: https://youtu.be/LMoMHP44-xM

What are we using?

• Fastify - Web server
• Prisma - Database ORM
• Zod - Request and response validation
• Swagger - API docs
• TypeScript - Types & other cool stuff

What you will need

• Postman - Make API requests
• Prisma studio - View data
• PostreSQL or MySQL - Database
• Code editor - Edit your code

Features

• Create a user
• Login
• List users
• Create a product
• List products
• Authentication
• Request & response validation
• Swagger docs

Video structure

1. Demonstration
2. Code walk-through
3. Bootstrap application
   • Setup Prisma
   • Create Fastify instance
4. Create user
   • Hash password
5. List users
6. Login
   • fastify-jwt setup
7. Create product
8. List products

Testing

What are we testing with?

• Node Tap - Test framework
• fastify.inject - Inject HTTP requests
• faker-js - Generate test data
• ts-mock-imports - Mock imports

What will I learn?

• How to test your API end-to-end
• How to inject http requests to your Fastify application
• How to mock function calls
• How to test with a test database

Where can I learn more about testing Fastify?

• Unit Test Patterns And Strategies
• Node Tap documentation
• Fastify documentation