Setting up a backend API
A web CRUD application usually connects to a server and uses an HTTP backend API to perform operations on data. It fetches existing data, updates it, creates new data, or deletes it.
In a real-world scenario, you will most likely interact with a real backend API service through HTTP. In this book, we will use a fake API called Fake Store API.
The official Fake Store API documentation can be found at https://fakestoreapi.com.
The Fake Store API is a backend REST API available online that you can use when you need fake data for an e-commerce or e-shop web application. It can manage products, shopping carts, and users available in the JSON format. It exposes the following main endpoints:
- products: This manages a set of product items
- cart: This manages the shopping cart of a user
- user: This manages a collection of application users
- login: This handles user authentication
In this chapter, we will work...
