@mrnjifanda/jifi-base

Base Node Project

Project base to create an API with Node.js, Express and MongoDB. The code supports authentication and logging. You can follow us on: Mr NJIFANDA

This repo is functionality complete — PRs and issues welcome!

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Getting started

Installation

Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/mrnjifanda/create-jifi-base.git

Switch to the repo folder

cd base-nodejs

Install all the dependencies using composer

npm install

Copy the example env file and make the required configuration changes in the .env file

cp .env.example .env

Start the local development server

npm start

You can now access the server at http://localhost:3000 if port is 3000

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Code overview

CLI

npm run g [TYPE] [NAME]

Examples:

• npm run g controller index This command will generate an index.controller.js file in the controllers folder. We can replace controlle with c
• npm run g service index This command will generate an index.service.js file in the services folder. We can replace service with s
• npm run g model index This command will generate an index.model.js file in the models folder. We can replace model with m
• npm run g resource index This command will generate an index.model.js, index.service.js and index.controller.js file in each of the respective folders. We can replace resource with r

Dependencies

Folders

• config - Contains all the application configuration files
• public - Contains all public assets
• routes - Contains all the api routes defined in routes.js file
• src - Contains all the api controllers, models and services
• utils - Contains all the api helpers, interceptors, middlewares and validations

Environment variables

• .env - Environment variables can be set in this file

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Required	Key
Yes	Node.js
Yes	Npm
Optional	MongoDB

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Future updates

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Contributions

We are open to contributions from all developers, Contact us on email [e-mail].