REST API, User Authentication and Authorisation

1. Data exchange between front-end and back-end using HTTP header and body, RESTful requests (e.g. GET, POST, PUT, DELETE) and JSON data format.
2. Understand HTTP server responses with status codes returned from HTTP requests.
3. Understand access token, authorisation, resource, end-points, and access requests from client application.
4. Testing RESTful API in Chrome using POSTMAN.

Self-study Videos (approx 2.5 hrs)

1. An Introduction to REST and JSON (4 min 31 sec) Required
2. Learn Fetch API In 6 Minutes (6 mins 34 secs) Required
3. JavaScript Fetch API using Async/Await (2 mins 46 secs) Required
4. The Evolution of Async JavaScript: From Callbacks, to Promises, to Async/Await (45 min 24 sec) Optional
5. HTTP Explained: The HTTP Request Status Code Guide (17 min 21 sec) Required
6. HTTP Basic Authentication (12 min 20 sec) Required
7. OAuth Introduction and Terminology (5 min 48 sec) Required
8. OAuth Vs JWT | What is the difference? (6 min 20 sec) Required
9. The Basics of Using Postman for API Testing (9 min 59 sec) Required
10. JSON with Flask – Python on the web (12 min 31 sec) Required
11. How to Use HTTP Basic Authentication in Your Flask App (10 min 56 sec) Required
12. Creating a RESTFul API in Flask With JSON Web Token Authentication and Flask-SQLAlchemy (48 min 36 sec) Required
13. Authenticating a Flask API Using JSON Web Tokens (20 min 32 sec) Required
14. Creating Many-To-Many Relationships in Flask-SQLAlchemy (7 min 27 sec) Required