rrozema12/REST-Boilerplate

A flexible and scalable Node and Express API. The default database is MongoDB but is very flexible, you only have to change the DAO layer and the rest of the codebase can remain the same.

Mongo Auto Boilerplate

A Node, Mongo, Express and Passport Boilerplate with Bearer Authentication for my personal projects.

Prereqs

MongoDB

First Time

1. Run brew update
2. Run brew install mongodb
3. Run sudo mkdir -p /data/db then enter your password
4. Run sudo chown -R 'id -un' /data/db then enter your password
5. Run mongod
6. Open a new terminal window and run mongo
7. Run use (Database name goes here)

Every Other Time

1. Run mongod
2. Open a new terminal window and run mongo
3. Run use (Database name goes here)

Adding your own config folder

Add a new folder under the root directory called config. This folder will have a file called keys.js. This file will contain the following:

module.exports = {
  googleClientId: <YOUR_GOOGLE_API_CLIENT_ID>
  googleClientSecret: <YOUR_GOOGLE_API_CLIENT_SECRET>   
  db: {
    local: <YOUR_LOCAL_MONGODB_URI>
    ...
    prod: <YOUR_LOCAL_MONGODB_URI>
  }
  cookieSecret: <ANY_STRING_YOU_WANT>
}

Node

1. Run npm install
2. Run npm start