/express-api-starter

A basic starter for an express.js API with TypeScript

Primary LanguageTypeScriptMIT LicenseMIT

TypeScript Express API Starter

w3cj/express-api-starter was used as the starting point.

Includes API Server utilities:

  • morgan
    • HTTP request logger middleware for node.js
  • helmet
    • Helmet helps you secure your Express apps by setting various HTTP headers. It's not a silver bullet, but it can help!
  • dotenv
    • Dotenv is a zero-dependency module that loads environment variables from a .env file into process.env

Development utilities:

  • ts-node-dev
    • ts-node-dev is a development tool for Node.js (+ TypeScript) that automatically restarts the node process when a file is modified.
  • eslint
    • ESLint is a tool for identifying and reporting on patterns found in ECMAScript/JavaScript code.
  • mocha
    • ☕️ Simple, flexible, fun JavaScript test framework for Node.js & The Browser ☕️
  • supertest
    • HTTP assertions made easy via superagent.

Setup

npm install

Lint

npm run lint

Test

npm run test

Development

npm run dev