express-mongo-boilerplate v1.0.9

Express Rest Boilerplate

A Minimal Starter Boilerplate for NodeJS REST API with ExpressJS & MongoDB.

Tech Stack

Language: JavaScript Server: NodeJS, ExpressJS Database: MongoDB

Project Structure

express-rest-boilerplate
 ┣ src
 ┃ ┣ config
 ┃ ┃ ┗ conn.js
 ┃ ┣ controllers
 ┃ ┃ ┣ auth
 ┃ ┃ ┃ ┣ auth.controller.js
 ┃ ┃ ┃ ┗ auth.validator.js
 ┃ ┃ ┣ user
 ┃ ┃ ┃ ┣ user.controller.js
 ┃ ┃ ┃ ┗ user.validator.js
 ┃ ┃ ┗ file.controller.js
 ┃ ┣ models
 ┃ ┃ ┗ User.model.js
 ┃ ┣ routes
 ┃ ┃ ┣ auth.routes.js
 ┃ ┃ ┣ file.routes.js
 ┃ ┃ ┗ user.routes.js
 ┃ ┣ utils
 ┃ ┃ ┣ config.js
 ┃ ┃ ┣ protected.js
 ┃ ┃ ┣ response.js
 ┃ ┃ ┗ securePassword.js
 ┃ ┗ view
 ┃ ┃ ┗ serverRunning.html
 ┣ uploads
 ┃ ┗ LOCAL_FILE_UPLOADS
 ┣ .gitignore
 ┣ LICENCE
 ┣ package.json
 ┣ README.md
 ┣ server.js
 ┗ yarn.lock

How to use?

You can use this template as starter package of express/mongo

Install as starter pack

To use as starter pack

npx express-mongo-boilerplate <folder_name>

Connect with database

To connect with MongoDB please go to the src folder then open config folder.

  cd src
  cd config

and open database file and add your database connection string like below.

module.exports = {
  database:
    'mongodb://[username:password@]host1[:port1][,...hostN[:portN]][/[defaultauthdb][?options]]',
}

How to run?

For development environment:

  npm run dev

If you are using yarn

  yarn dev

For production environment:

  npm start

If you are using yarn

  yarn start

PORT

In the development server by default, it will open at port 5000, and in the production server, it will open in the server's default port.

Authors

• @ahmmedabir9

Contributors