Lean Boilerplate

A simple cli to scaffold your Node JS app fast for REST API's, Shopify Apps, Machine Learning and AI.

Installation

npm install -g lean-boilerplate

Getting Started

After installing the package as a global executable. You will be able to use "Boilerplate" command to generate new boilerplate.

$~ boilerplate

Boilerplate Structure

A basic User Controller and Model has already been made with it collection schema for mongodb with some examples of the validations.

The boilerplate uses lang files for the storage of static data and mail structures to be used in the API.

JsonWebToken and Nodemailer integration has also been made using the helpers file integration.

├── app
│   ├── controllers
│   │   └── UserController.js
│   ├── controllers.js
│   ├── helpers
│   │   ├── jwt.js
│   │   └── mailer.js
│   ├── helpers.js
│   ├── lang
│   │   └── user.js
│   ├── lang.js
│   ├── models
│   │   ├── user.js
│   │   └── validator
│   │       └── schemaValidator.js
│   └── models.js
├── app.js
├── bin
│   └── www
├── package.json
├── package-lock.json
├── public
│   └── css
│       └── style.css
└── routes.js

Preinstalled Packages

• axios
• bcrypt
• cors*
• dotenv*
• jsonwebtoken*
• lodash
• mongodb*
• mongoose*
• mongoose-beautiful-unique-validation*
• mongoose-validator*
• multer
• nodemailer*
• randomstring
• express-swagger-generator* (dev)
• pm2

(*) Indicates that the package has been integrated with helpers files for plug and play usage. (dev) Indicates its a Developer Dependency

Environment Variables

A predefined .env.example file is present in the root of the boilerplate.

The variables are being used throughout the boilerplate and new variables can be added to it and can be accessed anywhere in the boilerplate using process.env.VARIABLE_NAME

Use the command below to copy the .env.example to a new .env file which the boilerplate will use.

cp .env.example .env

Contents of the .env

MONGO_URL=mongodb://localhost:27017/database-name

SWAGGER_TITLE=Boilerplate API
SWAGGER_DESCRIPTION=Boilerplate - API Sandbox
SWAGGER_VERSION=1.0.1
SWAGGER_API_HOST=localhost:3000

SMTP_HOST=smtp.gmail.com
SMTP_PORT=465
SMTP_SSL=tls
SMTP_USER=
SMTP_PASS=

JWT_KEY=tHisAvErYsECuReKeY
JWT_AUDIENCE=NoDeGeNeRaToR
JWT_EXPIRY=10h

PORT=3000

Swagger Integration

Swagger has been integrated as a middleware in the boilerplate.

The documentation will be available at

http://SWAGGER_API_HOST/api-docs

Documentation will be generated automatically by making comments over the methods in the controller files.

Example can be found in app > controllers > UserController.js

PM2 Integration

Now you can start the PM2 Process Manager and listin to your code changes

npm install -g pm2
pm2 start

You can use the above script to run your code through the pm2 process manager.

Auth Module

A new fully functional Authentication Module has been added to the boilerplate. It can be used as is with any of your new website or it can be taken as a reference on how to follow the standards as set by the boilerplate.

Author

Anurag Makol