NestJS: Membangun REST API Lengkap - Panduan 2026

NestJS telah menjadi framework Node.js pilihan utama untuk membangun aplikasi server-side yang scalable dan mudah dipelihara. Terinspirasi dari Angular, NestJS menghadirkan arsitektur modular, dependency injection, dan dukungan TypeScript secara native. Pembangunan REST API profesional menjadi terstruktur dan dapat diprediksi.

Mengapa NestJS di 2026

NestJS 11 memperkenalkan peningkatan performa yang signifikan, dukungan native signal untuk graceful shutdown, dan integrasi yang lebih sederhana dengan ORM modern seperti Prisma dan Drizzle. Framework ini tetap backward-compatible dengan versi sebelumnya.

Instalasi dan Konfigurasi Proyek

NestJS CLI menghasilkan proyek lengkap dengan struktur siap produksi. TypeScript, ESLint, dan unit test dikonfigurasi secara otomatis.

bash

# terminal
# Global installation of the NestJS CLI
npm install -g @nestjs/cli

# Create a new project
nest new my-api

# Navigate to the project
cd my-api

# Start in development mode with hot-reload
npm run start:dev

Perintah ini membuat proyek dengan struktur file yang terorganisir dan dependensi esensial yang sudah terpasang.

src/main.tstypescript

import { NestFactory } from '@nestjs/core';
import { AppModule } from './app.module';
import { ValidationPipe } from '@nestjs/common';

async function bootstrap() {
  // Create the NestJS application
  const app = await NestFactory.create(AppModule);

  // Enable global validation
  app.useGlobalPipes(new ValidationPipe({
    whitelist: true,           // Removes non-decorated properties
    forbidNonWhitelisted: true, // Rejects requests with unknown properties
    transform: true,            // Transforms payloads to DTO instances
  }));

  // Configure global prefix for all routes
  app.setGlobalPrefix('api');

  await app.listen(3000);
}
bootstrap();

Konfigurasi ini mengaktifkan validasi request secara otomatis dan menambahkan prefix /api pada semua route.

Memahami Arsitektur Modular

NestJS mengorganisir kode ke dalam modul, masing-masing mengenkapsulasi domain fungsional tertentu. Modul mendeklarasikan controller (endpoint HTTP), provider (service bisnis), dan import (dependensi dari modul lain).

src/app.module.tstypescript

import { Module } from '@nestjs/common';
import { UsersModule } from './users/users.module';
import { ProductsModule } from './products/products.module';
import { AuthModule } from './auth/auth.module';

// The root module imports all application modules
@Module({
  imports: [
    UsersModule,    // User management
    ProductsModule, // Product catalog
    AuthModule,     // Authentication
  ],
})
export class AppModule {}

Setiap modul bisnis mengikuti struktur yang sama: file modul, controller, dan service.

src/users/users.module.tstypescript

import { Module } from '@nestjs/common';
import { UsersController } from './users.controller';
import { UsersService } from './users.service';

@Module({
  // Controllers handle HTTP requests
  controllers: [UsersController],
  // Providers are injectable throughout the module
  providers: [UsersService],
  // Exports make providers available to other modules
  exports: [UsersService],
})
export class UsersModule {}

Dengan mengekspor UsersService, modul lain dapat mengimpor UsersModule dan menggunakan service ini melalui dependency injection.

Membangun Controller CRUD Lengkap

Controller mendefinisikan route HTTP dan mendelegasikan logika bisnis ke service. Decorator NestJS membuat kode ekspresif dan self-documenting.

src/users/users.controller.tstypescript

import {
  Controller,
  Get,
  Post,
  Put,
  Delete,
  Body,
  Param,
  Query,
  HttpCode,
  HttpStatus,
  ParseIntPipe,
} from '@nestjs/common';
import { UsersService } from './users.service';
import { CreateUserDto } from './dto/create-user.dto';
import { UpdateUserDto } from './dto/update-user.dto';
import { User } from './entities/user.entity';

// Route prefix: /api/users
@Controller('users')
export class UsersController {
  // Inject service via constructor
  constructor(private readonly usersService: UsersService) {}

  // POST /api/users - Create a user
  @Post()
  @HttpCode(HttpStatus.CREATED)
  async create(@Body() createUserDto: CreateUserDto): Promise<User> {
    // The DTO is automatically validated before reaching here
    return this.usersService.create(createUserDto);
  }

  // GET /api/users - List with pagination
  @Get()
  async findAll(
    @Query('page', new ParseIntPipe({ optional: true })) page: number = 1,
    @Query('limit', new ParseIntPipe({ optional: true })) limit: number = 10,
  ): Promise<{ data: User[]; total: number }> {
    return this.usersService.findAll(page, limit);
  }

  // GET /api/users/:id - Retrieve by ID
  @Get(':id')
  async findOne(@Param('id', ParseIntPipe) id: number): Promise<User> {
    // ParseIntPipe automatically converts and validates the parameter
    return this.usersService.findOne(id);
  }

  // PUT /api/users/:id - Full update
  @Put(':id')
  async update(
    @Param('id', ParseIntPipe) id: number,
    @Body() updateUserDto: UpdateUserDto,
  ): Promise<User> {
    return this.usersService.update(id, updateUserDto);
  }

  // DELETE /api/users/:id - Deletion
  @Delete(':id')
  @HttpCode(HttpStatus.NO_CONTENT)
  async remove(@Param('id', ParseIntPipe) id: number): Promise<void> {
    await this.usersService.remove(id);
  }
}

Pipe seperti ParseIntPipe memastikan konversi dan validasi parameter secara otomatis. Jika gagal, error 400 dikembalikan tanpa perlu penanganan manual.

Pipe Validasi Bawaan

NestJS menyediakan beberapa pipe bawaan: ParseIntPipe, ParseBoolPipe, ParseArrayPipe, ParseUUIDPipe. Masing-masing memvalidasi dan mentransformasi data masuk sebelum handler dieksekusi.

Mengimplementasikan Business Service

Service mengenkapsulasi logika bisnis dan akses data. Ditandai dengan @Injectable(), service dikelola oleh dependency injection container NestJS.

src/users/users.service.tstypescript

import { Injectable, NotFoundException } from '@nestjs/common';
import { CreateUserDto } from './dto/create-user.dto';
import { UpdateUserDto } from './dto/update-user.dto';
import { User } from './entities/user.entity';

@Injectable()
export class UsersService {
  // In-memory database simulation
  private users: User[] = [];
  private idCounter = 1;

  async create(createUserDto: CreateUserDto): Promise<User> {
    // Create the user entity
    const user: User = {
      id: this.idCounter++,
      ...createUserDto,
      createdAt: new Date(),
      updatedAt: new Date(),
    };

    this.users.push(user);
    return user;
  }

  async findAll(page: number, limit: number): Promise<{ data: User[]; total: number }> {
    // Calculate pagination
    const start = (page - 1) * limit;
    const end = start + limit;

    return {
      data: this.users.slice(start, end),
      total: this.users.length,
    };
  }

  async findOne(id: number): Promise<User> {
    const user = this.users.find(u => u.id === id);

    // Throw exception if user doesn't exist
    if (!user) {
      throw new NotFoundException(`User with ID ${id} not found`);
    }

    return user;
  }

  async update(id: number, updateUserDto: UpdateUserDto): Promise<User> {
    const user = await this.findOne(id);

    // Merge existing data with updates
    Object.assign(user, updateUserDto, { updatedAt: new Date() });

    return user;
  }

  async remove(id: number): Promise<void> {
    const index = this.users.findIndex(u => u.id === id);

    if (index === -1) {
      throw new NotFoundException(`User with ID ${id} not found`);
    }

    this.users.splice(index, 1);
  }

  // Utility method for other services
  async findByEmail(email: string): Promise<User | undefined> {
    return this.users.find(u => u.email === email);
  }
}

Exception NotFoundException secara otomatis menghasilkan response HTTP 404 dengan pesan error yang terformat.

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Validasi Data dengan class-validator

DTO (Data Transfer Object) mendefinisikan struktur data masuk. Decorator dari class-validator menentukan aturan validasi yang diterapkan secara otomatis oleh ValidationPipe.

src/users/dto/create-user.dto.tstypescript

import {
  IsEmail,
  IsNotEmpty,
  IsString,
  MinLength,
  MaxLength,
  IsOptional,
  Matches,
} from 'class-validator';

export class CreateUserDto {
  @IsNotEmpty({ message: 'Email is required' })
  @IsEmail({}, { message: 'Invalid email format' })
  email: string;

  @IsNotEmpty({ message: 'Password is required' })
  @MinLength(8, { message: 'Password must be at least 8 characters' })
  @MaxLength(50, { message: 'Password cannot exceed 50 characters' })
  @Matches(
    /^(?=.*[a-z])(?=.*[A-Z])(?=.*\d)/,
    { message: 'Password must contain at least one uppercase, one lowercase, and one number' }
  )
  password: string;

  @IsNotEmpty({ message: 'First name is required' })
  @IsString()
  @MinLength(2)
  @MaxLength(50)
  firstName: string;

  @IsNotEmpty({ message: 'Last name is required' })
  @IsString()
  @MinLength(2)
  @MaxLength(50)
  lastName: string;

  @IsOptional()
  @IsString()
  @MaxLength(20)
  phone?: string;
}

Untuk update parsial, PartialType membuat semua field menjadi opsional sambil mempertahankan validasi yang ada.

src/users/dto/update-user.dto.tstypescript

import { PartialType, OmitType } from '@nestjs/mapped-types';
import { CreateUserDto } from './create-user.dto';

// All fields from CreateUserDto become optional
// Password is excluded from standard updates
export class UpdateUserDto extends PartialType(
  OmitType(CreateUserDto, ['password'] as const)
) {}

Entity merepresentasikan struktur data yang tersimpan di database.

src/users/entities/user.entity.tstypescript

export class User {
  id: number;
  email: string;
  password: string;
  firstName: string;
  lastName: string;
  phone?: string;
  createdAt: Date;
  updatedAt: Date;
}

Penanganan Error Terpusat

NestJS menyediakan HTTP exception bawaan. Global exception filter memungkinkan kustomisasi format response error secara konsisten di seluruh aplikasi.

src/common/filters/http-exception.filter.tstypescript

import {
  ExceptionFilter,
  Catch,
  ArgumentsHost,
  HttpException,
  HttpStatus,
} from '@nestjs/common';
import { Request, Response } from 'express';

// Catches all HttpExceptions
@Catch(HttpException)
export class HttpExceptionFilter implements ExceptionFilter {
  catch(exception: HttpException, host: ArgumentsHost) {
    const ctx = host.switchToHttp();
    const response = ctx.getResponse<Response>();
    const request = ctx.getRequest<Request>();
    const status = exception.getStatus();

    // Retrieve error message (can be string or object)
    const exceptionResponse = exception.getResponse();
    const message = typeof exceptionResponse === 'string'
      ? exceptionResponse
      : (exceptionResponse as any).message;

    // Standardized response format
    response.status(status).json({
      success: false,
      statusCode: status,
      timestamp: new Date().toISOString(),
      path: request.url,
      method: request.method,
      message: message,
    });
  }
}

Untuk menangkap error non-HTTP (error sistem, exception yang tidak tertangani), filter kedua memastikan cakupan yang lengkap.

src/common/filters/all-exceptions.filter.tstypescript

import {
  ExceptionFilter,
  Catch,
  ArgumentsHost,
  HttpException,
  HttpStatus,
} from '@nestjs/common';
import { Request, Response } from 'express';

// Catches ALL exceptions (including system errors)
@Catch()
export class AllExceptionsFilter implements ExceptionFilter {
  catch(exception: unknown, host: ArgumentsHost) {
    const ctx = host.switchToHttp();
    const response = ctx.getResponse<Response>();
    const request = ctx.getRequest<Request>();

    // Determine HTTP code and message
    const status = exception instanceof HttpException
      ? exception.getStatus()
      : HttpStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR;

    const message = exception instanceof HttpException
      ? exception.message
      : 'Internal server error';

    // Log error for debugging
    console.error('Exception caught:', exception);

    response.status(status).json({
      success: false,
      statusCode: status,
      timestamp: new Date().toISOString(),
      path: request.url,
      message: message,
    });
  }
}

Registrasi filter global di file bootstrap aplikasi.

src/main.ts (updated)typescript

import { NestFactory } from '@nestjs/core';
import { AppModule } from './app.module';
import { ValidationPipe } from '@nestjs/common';
import { HttpExceptionFilter } from './common/filters/http-exception.filter';
import { AllExceptionsFilter } from './common/filters/all-exceptions.filter';

async function bootstrap() {
  const app = await NestFactory.create(AppModule);

  // Global validation
  app.useGlobalPipes(new ValidationPipe({
    whitelist: true,
    forbidNonWhitelisted: true,
    transform: true,
  }));

  // Global exception filters
  app.useGlobalFilters(
    new AllExceptionsFilter(),
    new HttpExceptionFilter(),
  );

  app.setGlobalPrefix('api');
  await app.listen(3000);
}
bootstrap();

Urutan Filter Sangat Penting

Urutan registrasi filter menentukan urutan eksekusi. Filter yang didaftarkan pertama akan dieksekusi terakhir. AllExceptionsFilter harus didaftarkan sebelum HttpExceptionFilter agar berfungsi sebagai fallback untuk exception yang tidak tertangani.

Integrasi dengan Prisma ORM

Prisma menyederhanakan interaksi database melalui client bertipe yang dihasilkan secara otomatis dari skema. Berikut integrasi lengkap dengan NestJS.

bash

# terminal
# Install Prisma
npm install prisma @prisma/client

# Initialize Prisma with PostgreSQL
npx prisma init --datasource-provider postgresql

Definisi skema data menentukan model dan relasi.

prisma/schema.prismaprisma

generator client {
  provider = "prisma-client-js"
}

datasource db {
  provider = "postgresql"
  url      = env("DATABASE_URL")
}

model User {
  id        Int      @id @default(autoincrement())
  email     String   @unique
  password  String
  firstName String   @map("first_name")
  lastName  String   @map("last_name")
  phone     String?
  createdAt DateTime @default(now()) @map("created_at")
  updatedAt DateTime @updatedAt @map("updated_at")

  // Relations
  posts     Post[]

  @@map("users")
}

model Post {
  id        Int      @id @default(autoincrement())
  title     String
  content   String
  published Boolean  @default(false)
  authorId  Int      @map("author_id")
  createdAt DateTime @default(now()) @map("created_at")
  updatedAt DateTime @updatedAt @map("updated_at")

  // Relation to User
  author    User     @relation(fields: [authorId], references: [id])

  @@map("posts")
}

Membuat modul Prisma yang dapat digunakan kembali di seluruh aplikasi.

src/prisma/prisma.service.tstypescript

import { Injectable, OnModuleInit, OnModuleDestroy } from '@nestjs/common';
import { PrismaClient } from '@prisma/client';

@Injectable()
export class PrismaService extends PrismaClient implements OnModuleInit, OnModuleDestroy {
  // Automatic connection on module startup
  async onModuleInit() {
    await this.$connect();
  }

  // Clean disconnection on application shutdown
  async onModuleDestroy() {
    await this.$disconnect();
  }
}

src/prisma/prisma.module.tstypescript

import { Global, Module } from '@nestjs/common';
import { PrismaService } from './prisma.service';

// @Global makes the service available throughout the application
@Global()
@Module({
  providers: [PrismaService],
  exports: [PrismaService],
})
export class PrismaModule {}

Service Users yang diperbarui menggunakan Prisma untuk akses database sesungguhnya.

src/users/users.service.ts (Prisma version)typescript

import { Injectable, NotFoundException, ConflictException } from '@nestjs/common';
import { PrismaService } from '../prisma/prisma.service';
import { CreateUserDto } from './dto/create-user.dto';
import { UpdateUserDto } from './dto/update-user.dto';
import { User } from '@prisma/client';
import * as bcrypt from 'bcrypt';

@Injectable()
export class UsersService {
  constructor(private readonly prisma: PrismaService) {}

  async create(createUserDto: CreateUserDto): Promise<Omit<User, 'password'>> {
    // Check email uniqueness
    const existingUser = await this.prisma.user.findUnique({
      where: { email: createUserDto.email },
    });

    if (existingUser) {
      throw new ConflictException('This email is already in use');
    }

    // Hash the password
    const hashedPassword = await bcrypt.hash(createUserDto.password, 10);

    // Create the user
    const user = await this.prisma.user.create({
      data: {
        ...createUserDto,
        password: hashedPassword,
      },
    });

    // Exclude password from response
    const { password, ...result } = user;
    return result;
  }

  async findAll(page: number, limit: number): Promise<{ data: User[]; total: number }> {
    // Parallel execution of count and paginated query
    const [data, total] = await Promise.all([
      this.prisma.user.findMany({
        skip: (page - 1) * limit,
        take: limit,
        orderBy: { createdAt: 'desc' },
        select: {
          id: true,
          email: true,
          firstName: true,
          lastName: true,
          phone: true,
          createdAt: true,
          updatedAt: true,
        },
      }),
      this.prisma.user.count(),
    ]);

    return { data: data as User[], total };
  }

  async findOne(id: number): Promise<Omit<User, 'password'>> {
    const user = await this.prisma.user.findUnique({
      where: { id },
      select: {
        id: true,
        email: true,
        firstName: true,
        lastName: true,
        phone: true,
        createdAt: true,
        updatedAt: true,
      },
    });

    if (!user) {
      throw new NotFoundException(`User with ID ${id} not found`);
    }

    return user as Omit<User, 'password'>;
  }

  async update(id: number, updateUserDto: UpdateUserDto): Promise<Omit<User, 'password'>> {
    // Check existence
    await this.findOne(id);

    const user = await this.prisma.user.update({
      where: { id },
      data: updateUserDto,
      select: {
        id: true,
        email: true,
        firstName: true,
        lastName: true,
        phone: true,
        createdAt: true,
        updatedAt: true,
      },
    });

    return user as Omit<User, 'password'>;
  }

  async remove(id: number): Promise<void> {
    await this.findOne(id);
    await this.prisma.user.delete({ where: { id } });
  }
}

Interceptor untuk Transformasi Response

Interceptor memungkinkan transformasi response secara seragam di seluruh API. Interceptor transformasi menstandarisasi format semua response.

src/common/interceptors/transform.interceptor.tstypescript

import {
  Injectable,
  NestInterceptor,
  ExecutionContext,
  CallHandler,
} from '@nestjs/common';
import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
import { map } from 'rxjs/operators';

// Interface for standardized response format
export interface ApiResponse<T> {
  success: boolean;
  data: T;
  timestamp: string;
}

@Injectable()
export class TransformInterceptor<T> implements NestInterceptor<T, ApiResponse<T>> {
  intercept(context: ExecutionContext, next: CallHandler): Observable<ApiResponse<T>> {
    return next.handle().pipe(
      map(data => ({
        success: true,
        data,
        timestamp: new Date().toISOString(),
      })),
    );
  }
}

Interceptor logging melacak request dan waktu eksekusinya untuk monitoring performa.

src/common/interceptors/logging.interceptor.tstypescript

import {
  Injectable,
  NestInterceptor,
  ExecutionContext,
  CallHandler,
  Logger,
} from '@nestjs/common';
import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
import { tap } from 'rxjs/operators';

@Injectable()
export class LoggingInterceptor implements NestInterceptor {
  private readonly logger = new Logger(LoggingInterceptor.name);

  intercept(context: ExecutionContext, next: CallHandler): Observable<any> {
    const request = context.switchToHttp().getRequest();
    const { method, url } = request;
    const now = Date.now();

    return next.handle().pipe(
      tap(() => {
        const response = context.switchToHttp().getResponse();
        const { statusCode } = response;
        const duration = Date.now() - now;

        // Structured log format
        this.logger.log(
          `${method} ${url} ${statusCode} - ${duration}ms`
        );
      }),
    );
  }
}

Kesimpulan

NestJS menyediakan arsitektur yang kokoh dan scalable untuk membangun REST API profesional. Kombinasi TypeScript, dependency injection, dan decorator yang ekspresif memungkinkan pembangunan aplikasi yang mudah dipelihara dan diuji.

Checklist untuk API NestJS Berkualitas

Struktur modular dengan pemisahan tanggung jawab yang jelas
DTO dengan validasi class-validator untuk semua input
Service khusus untuk logika bisnis
Penanganan error terpusat dengan exception filter
Interceptor untuk transformasi dan logging
Integrasi Prisma untuk akses database bertipe
ValidationPipe global dengan whitelist aktif
Prefix API konsisten pada semua route

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