/nodejs_boilerplate

Primary LanguageJavaScript

Description

Created using NodeJs, ExpressJs, Mongo and Mongoose.

Version Info

Node - v14.17.6 NPM - v6.14.15 Express - v4.18.1 Mongoose - v6.3.3

Installation

  1. npm install
  2. npm start
  3. project will start on port 8080

Environment Variables

The environment variables can be found and modified in the .env file.

Port number

PORT=8080

URL of the Mongo DB

MONGODB_URL=mongodb://127.0.0.1:27017/yourdbname

ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET

ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET=7fa9af8f7eecf8e3b238320a70c595a107c99a92f12075f66ad1f6a67b1c642a64adc1578dc941a012561e44b136e021270126d766bdf55709d145ae4c659a36

ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET in dotEnv created using require('crypto').randomBytes(64).toString('hex') crypto package comes in-built in NodeJs.

Project Structure

src/

config/(Database Config)
controllers/(controller to be called from route file)
middleware/(middleware to be used from route)
models/ (schema defination)
routes/ (router file to be called form server file)

server.js (main server file)