In this video series we will build a Rails API from scratch. Backend APIs are useful for serving data to frontend applications, mobile apps or other backend services.
✨ Check out the new version of this video series, which has been updated for Rails 7 https://youtu.be/FJiIvFoxqsc
📖 You can also purchase the eBook and code for the new Rails 7 tutorial - https://tomkadwill.gumroad.com/l/rails-api-tutorial
This video covers:
00:18 - Running specs to check for failing tests
00:36 - Fixing controller specs by stubbing AuthenticationTokenService
05:31 - Fixing request specs by including a JWT Authorization header with a valid user id
10:52 - Fixing controller to return a 401 when Authorization header is missing, instead of raising an exception
18:31 - Updating AuthenticationTokenService method names
If you’re new to this series, you may want to start with part 1: https://youtu.be/6KqbPJtA5O8
