XPRESSO

An express typescript generator to quickly develop REST API's

Installation

$ npm install -g xpresso

Quick Start

Install the cli tool

$ npm install -g xpresso

Navigate to the directory you wish to create the project in, and run the init command, followed by the project name. A new folder will be created that follows the name you provide:

$ cd projects && xpresso init comics

Navigate into the newly created directory and create a CRUD route with the route command:

$ cd comics && xpresso route comic

Next, create a comic model with the model command:

$ xpresso model comic

Build the project with the npm command:

$ npm run build

Start the server:

$ npm start

Use any REST client to test out the generated API

Features

• Generates typescript project
• JWT authentication
• Dynamic route creation
• Custom logger with context id
• Request logging with context id
• Tests with Jest

Usage

commands

Base commands available from the CLI

$ xpresso
    init [options] [name]
    model [name]
    route [options] [name]

init

Generates a new xpresso project

$ xpresso init [options] [name]
    -r, --repo [repo]        specify repository for the project
    -s, --summary [summary]  set the summary of the project
    --no-auth                disables jwt authentication

route

Generates a new model

$ xpresso route [options] [name]
    -w, --websocket  add a websocket handler
    --no-auth        disables jwt authentication for this route
    --no-spec        disables spec file generation for this route

model

Generates a new model

$ xpresso model [name]

Todo

• Option to disable database