I remember when some years ago, building a REST server could take days or weeks. You can use Feather.js, and it will be quick and (hopefully painless). Open a command line and install it through npm with the following command:
npm install -g feathers-cli
After that, create a directory where you will run the server, go inside it, and launch Feathers:
mkdir my-server cd my-server feathers generate app
Answer all the questions with default values. When the process finishes, type in the following command to create a new resource:
feathers generate service
One of the questions is the name of the resource; call it messages, but other than that, use the default for all the other questions.
Exit from the feathers-cli with the ...
