Generator-full-api NPM

Yeoman generator for an API backend.

To install the Full Api Generator, simply run

npm install -g generator-full-api

To create a new project run the following command

yo full-api <project name>

If you don't provide a project name, you will be prompted for it in the next step

To create a new resource, execute

yo full-api:resource <resource name>

If you don't provide a resource name, you will be prompted for it in the next step

--nr : create a new resource without a routes file
--nc : create a new resource without a controller
--nd : create a new resource without a DAO class
--nm : create a new resource without a model
--nt : create a new resource without a test file
--nh : create a new resource without a helper file
--nrm : create a new resource without a README file
--routes : boolean. Sets whether this resource must contain a routes file or not
--controller : boolean. Sets whether this resource must contain a controller or not
--dao : boolean. Sets whether this resource must contain a DAO class or not
--model : boolean. Sets whether this resource must contain a model or not
--test : boolean. Sets whether this resource must contain a test file or not
--helper : boolean. Sets whether this resource must contain a helper file
--readme : boolean. Sets whether this resource must contain a README file or not

The application is currently bound with the following stack:

ExpressJS : as the webserver
BluebirdJS : as the Promise library
Mongoose : as the ODM tool for handling MongoDB
Nodemon : as a Node refresher (restarts the application every time it's modified)
PM2 : as a process manager, to keep the application alive in production
Bunyan : as a logging library
Mocha with Chai : as a test framework
Helmet and CORS : to provide security and cross-origin resource sharing