bootstrap-express-api v1.0.1

BOOTSTRAP-EXPRESS-API

An opinionated NODE CLI for generating Javascript or Typescript Express apis.

The CLI builds a new Node.js Express template which includes:

• express server
• prettier config
• eslint config
• tsconfig for typescript projects
• jest unit tests
• supertest for integration tests
• wallaby unit testing configuration
• default docker + docker-compose files
• git initialisation
• Husky and conventional commits to ensure git commit standards
• VS code launch debug config
• swagger-ui
• openapi route definitions and automated routing
• openapi validation
• nodemon (or ts-node-dev) for hot reloading
• webpack bundling for typescript projects
• logging
• rate limiting
• rate slow down
• JSDOC
• Default health route

Prerequisites

requires node >=12.13.0

Usage

npx bootstrap-express-api --name="my-api" --git=true --template="javascript"

npx bootstrap-express-api -N="my-api" -G=true -T="javascript"

Note: The README contained inside the newly created project provides detail on the api folder structure and its usage