SouravInsights/nest-api-starter

Nest API starter kit for people getting started with Nest.js

nest-api-starter - a starter api built using nest.js

This tiny repo is a starter kit for people getting started with Nest.js.

Hope it gives you a practical walkthrough of some of the concepts of Nest.js.

Built using

• Nest.js
• MongoDB
• Mongoose
• Typescript

How to setup

Project setup

• git clone https://github.com/SouravInsights/nest-api-starter.git
• cd nest-api-starter
• yarn install
• yarn dev

DB setup

• MongoDB installation

  • install Mongodb Community Server and refer to how to download and setup mongodb guide for more information.

• Local setup

  • create data/db directory in any of your drive where mongodb will store all the data
    • cd F:\
    • md "\data\db"
  • run mongod --dbpath "F:/data/db" to start mongodb

• Create your database

  • run use nest-api-db which will craete your database, if the database doesn’t exist already

• MongoDB Compass installation

  • you can also install mongodb compass as the gui for mongodb
  • open mongodb compass, connect to your local mongodb server and create your database from the gui

Project structure

(to be added)