rafamel/rest-api-boilerplate

Express, Postgress, Objection.js, tokens, OpenAPI 3, Babel, Docker, and Jest.

API Boilerplate

Express, Postgress, Objection.js, tokens, OpenAPI 3, Babel 7, Docker, and Jest

Stack

• Express 4
• PostgreSQL & Objection.js (ORM)
• Token based authentication via passport and jsonwebtoken
• OpenAPI 3 based validation via swagger-express-middleware, testing via oas-test, and docs generation via redoc and widdershins
• Tests and coverage with Jest
• Babel 7 & TypeScript support
• Docker & CaptainDuckDuck ready
• Develop on MacOS/Linux/Windows

More greatness

• CORS and Gzip compression enabled
• HTTP headers security via helmet
• Logging with morgan
• Git hooks with husky
• Monitoring with pm2
• Linting via eslint and prettier
• Environment configuration via dotenv and slimconf
• Per-route data and error handling via ponds

TODO

• JSON API
• E2E tests, CI
• Documentation