create-expressjs-rest-app v1.3.0

REST API Boilerplate for Node.js

A starter boilerplate for building APIs using Node.js, Express, and Mongoose.

Installation

NPM Installation :

npx create-expressjs-rest-app <project-name>

Or

npm init expressjs-rest-app <project-name>

Manual Installation :

Clone the repository

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/codemac0/expressjs-rest-boilerplate.git
cd expressjs-rest-boilerplate

Install the dependencies:

npm install

Set the environment variables:

cp .env.example .env
# open .env and modify

Features

• MongoDB - Mongoose
• Passport JWT Authentication
• nodemon for faster development
• mongo sanitize - sanitize request data
• CORS - Cross-Origin Resource-Sharing enabled
• Error handling
• Enviroment Variables (.env) for security (API keys etc...)

License

MIT