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Rest Api Nodejs Mongodb

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A boilerplate for REST API Development with Node.js, Express, and MongoDB

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Overview

The Node.js Express.js MongoDB Ready-to-use API Project Structure is a boilerplate for REST API development with Node.js, Express, and MongoDB. It provides a basic API skeleton written in JavaScript ES2015, making it useful for building RESTful web APIs for various front-end platforms such as Android, iOS, or JavaScript frameworks like Angular, React.js, etc. The project is open for suggestions, bug reports, and pull requests. It also includes features like basic authentication, JWT tokens, pre-defined response structures, CORS support, and more.

Features

  • Basic Authentication: Register and login with hashed passwords.
  • Account Confirmation: Account confirmation with a 4-digit OTP (One-Time Password).
  • Email Helper: Ready-to-use email helper.
  • JWT Tokens: Make requests with a token after login with an Authorization header.
  • Pre-defined Response Structures: Includes pre-defined response structures with proper status codes.
  • CORS Support: Included CORS for enabling cross-origin requests.
  • Book Example with CRUD Operations: Example implementation of CRUD operations for a book.
  • Validations Added: Includes validations for input data.
  • API Collection for Postman: Predefined API collection for easy testing in Postman.
  • Light-weight Project: The project has a minimalistic and lightweight structure.
  • Test Cases with Mocha and Chai: Includes test cases using Mocha and Chai.
  • Code Coverage with Istanbuljs: Code coverage analysis using Istanbuljs (nyc).
  • CI with Travis CI: Continuous Integration with Travis CI.
  • Linting with Eslint: Code linting with Eslint.

Summary

The Node.js Express.js MongoDB Ready-to-use API Project Structure provides a ready-to-use boilerplate for developing REST APIs using Node.js, Express, and MongoDB. It includes various features like basic authentication, JWT tokens, pre-defined response structures, CORS support, and more. With a lightweight and easy-to-understand code structure, the project is suitable for beginners as well. The installation guide helps users set up the project and customize it to their needs. Overall, it offers a convenient starting point for REST API development.

express
Express

Express.js is a simple Node.js framework for single, multi-page, and hybrid web applications.

eslint
Eslint

ESLint is a linter for JavaScript that analyzes code to detect and report on potential problems and errors, as well as enforce consistent code style and best practices, helping developers to write cleaner, more maintainable code.