Nest.js REST API: CORS, Rate Limits, Server Logs, and Exception Filters

Complete your Nest.js REST API by implementing CORS, rate limits, server logs, and exception filters in this 50-minute tutorial. Learn how to set a global prefix, enable CORS, implement rate limiting, create a logger service, apply logging globally and to specific classes, and develop an all-exceptions filter. Explore additional topics such as logging errors, handling Prisma error types, and using the nestjs-prisma library. Follow along with the step-by-step guide to enhance your API's functionality and prepare it for deployment.

Syllabus

Intro
Welcome
Starter Code
Lesson Goals
Set a Global Prefix
Enable CORS
Rate Limiting
Create a Logger Service
How to Apply the Logger Globally
How to Apply the Logger to a Class
Create an All Exceptions Filter
Logging Errors
More Prisma Error Types
nestjs-prisma library
Wrap-up