Express Typescript Rest API Starter

• Simple project starter point for Rest API using Nodejs & Expressjs.
• Starter point for learning and practice Rest API with Typescript, Nodejs & Expressjs.
• Inspired by TypeScript-Node-Starter, express-mongoose-es6-rest-api.
• ES6 Version: https://github.com/ngmikeng/mn-express-rest-starter.

Dependencies

• Authentication: jsonwebtoken, express-jwt.
• Validation: express-validation, joi.
• Log: winston.
• ODM: mongoose.
• Promise: bluebird.
• Unit test: mocha, supertest.
• Others: dotenv, cors, helmet...

API Info

• Swagger API docs: http://localhost:5000/api/v1/api-docs/
• Swagger setup using: swagger-ui-express and swagger-jsdoc.

Get started

• Typescript >= 2.7.
• Install packages npm

$ npm install 

• Add file .env

$ cp .env.sample .env

• Build and run

$ npm run start

• Watch files & auto build

$ npm run watch

TODO

• Handle mongo validation error, index error.
• ORM: SequelizeJS.
• Write definitely type for some libraries which don't have.
• Testing more.

License

MIT