We will use Node.js & Express to create a server in order to hide public API keys, add rate limiting and caching
Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
2:48 - Dependencies & scripts
4:45 - Basic Express server
6:15 - Environment variables
8:00 - Create the route
10:40 - Request from server
15:50 - Forwarding query params
19:55 - Rate limiting
22:40 - API caching
24:28 - Use server with the client app
26:50 - Deploy to Heroku
30:20 - Environment variables on Heroku
💻 Code:
https://github.com/bradtraversy/node-api-proxy-server
Demo App:
https://traversy-weather-app.herokuapp.com