Nodejs API

This is a Nodejs project bootstrapped with Create Node Basic to create a basic structure and configuration of Nodejs API with Express and Typescript

Summary

• Getting Started
• Configuration
• Scripts
• Folder Structure
• Docker

Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Nodejs
• NPM
• Redis
• Docker (Optional)

Configuration

Environment variables

Set the environment variables in the .env file like the .env.example file.

• PORT: Port where the server will be listening.
• NODE_ENV: Set type of environment to run the server mode (development, production, test).
• REDIS_URL: URI of the Redis server. By default is redis://localhost:6379.

Scripts

• Your package.json have initial commands to build, run, test and create server to development

build your project:

npm run build

build your project and immediately run your app builded:

npm start

run project in development build:

npm run dev

run all of tests in project:

npm run test

• Test your application run correctlly to send HTTP GET to localhost:8000

Folder Structure

Your project get this structure

project
│   .env.example
│   .gitignore
│   .dockerignore
│   CHANGELOG.md
│   README.md
│   docker-compose.yml
│   Dockerfile
│   babel.config.js
│   package-lock.json
│   package.json
│   tsconfig.json
│   tsconfig.spec.json
│   __tests__
│   └───unit
|   │   |  example.test.ts
|   │   |  redis.test.ts
│   └───integration
|   │   |  example.test.ts
└───src
|   |   app.ts
|   |   server.ts
│   └───config
│   |   │   redisClient.ts
│   |   │   index.ts
│   └───controllers
│   |   │   ExampleController.ts
│   |   │   index.ts
│   └───services
│   |   │   Example.services.ts
│   |   │   index.ts
│   └───routes
│   |   │   example.routes.ts
│   |   │   index.ts
|   └───utils
│       │   createToken.ts
│       │   handleError.ts
│       │   index.ts

Docker

Build

docker build -t <your username>/node-web-app .

Run

docker run -p 8000:8000 -d <your username>/node-web-app

Docker Compose

docker-compose up --build