A Fast Production Ready Generator tool for structured API node express applications

Key Features • How To Use • Creator • Contribute • License

https://www.npmjs.com/package/express-booster

Key Features

• project structure generation with Services ,Models, Controllers and Routers
• auto-required Routes using a user specified endpoint and the Route file name

eg (route : users.js and endpoint: /api this will automount to /api/users)

• fully implemented Authentication using Passport-jwt
• suppports mongodb mongoose
• automatic integration with passport-mongoose
• helmet package for a more secure express app
• cors support
• morgan support for logging
• nodemon support for Dev

Table of Contents

Contents of this documentation.

• Installation
• How to use
• Contributing
• License

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Installation

• npm i express-booster -g

Setup

• fillout the Configuration at /src/config/config.js:

module.exports = {
  db: {
    dbHostName: "localhost",
    dbPort: 27017,
    dbName: "HelloWorld",
  },
  hostname: "localhost",
  port: process.env.PORT || 8081,
  secretKey: "_Fill_ME_",
};
));

Clone

• Clone this repo to your local machine using https://github.com/Samielleuch/express-booster.git

How to use

• In order to use this CLI package simply:

$ express-booster

specify the project name to the CLI tool this will create the folder for your project

make sure the Folder doesn't already exist

specify included packages with < space > according to the chosen options this will generate your project

Files Generation

• choosing passport-jwt generates /services/passportService.js

• choosing mongoose generates /models/user.js

• choosing mongoose and passport-jwt generates :

  • /routers/routes/HelloWorld.js
  • /routers/routes/users.js
  • /controllers/helloWorldController.js
  • /controllers/authController.js

Route Generation

• using passport-jwt and mongoose will autogenerate the following routes:

lets call Main_endpoint the endpoint created when calling the cli app (defaults to /)

• POST Main_endpoint/users/signin
• POST Main_endpoint/users/signUp

these endpoints use the authController and the users route to create jwt authentication login and signup

sign up example

POST request to : /users/signup

{
    "name" : "test" ,
    "phone": 123456789 ,
    "password" : "test" 
  
}

response:

{
    "success": true,
    "status": "Registration Successful!"
}

sign in example

POST request to : /users/signin

{
    "name" : "test" ,
    "phone": 123456789 ,
    "password" : "test" 
  
}

response:

{
    "success": true,
    "token": "eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJfaWQiOiI1ZjAzOGI3YWM4YTYxZTE4YzVlNDlmM2QiLCJpYXQiOjE1OTQwNjgxMjIsImV4cCI6MTU5NDA3MTcyMn0.Ko2GhbRHpS8Q5i9wBDryYNhYdCbZlir-6iOfRsz1GOE",
    "user": {
        "admin": false,
        "_id": "5f038b7ac8a61e18c5e49f3d",
        "name": "test",
        "phone": 123456789,
        "__v": 0
    }
}

• GET Main_endpoint/HelloWorld
• GET Main_endpoint/HelloWorld/protected

this endpoint simulates a protected data using jwt tokens you need to specify jwt token in Header to access the protected resource

access protected data

GET request to : /HelloWorld/protected

provide following Header:

Key	Value
Authorization	Bearer eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJfaWQiOiI1ZjAzOGI3YWM4YTYxZTE4YzVlNDlmM2QiLCJpYXQiOjE1OTQwNjgxMjIsImV4cCI6MTU5NDA3MTcyMn0.Ko2GhbRHpS8Q5i9wBDryYNhYdCbZlir-6iOfRsz1GOE

response:

{
    "msg": "Hello World with jwt :D "
}

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Contributing

This is an opensource project every help would be greatly appreciated To get started...

Step 1

• Option 1

  • 🍴 Fork this repo!

• Option 2

  • 👯 Clone this repo to your local machine using https://github.com/Samielleuch/express-booster.git

Step 2

• HACK AWAY! 🔨🔨🔨

Step 3

• 🔃 Create a new pull request using https://github.com/Samielleuch/express-booster/compare/.

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Creator

Sami Elleuch

- If you want to help, you can contact me at anytime.

Support

Give it a try , Every FeedBack is very appreciated

Reach out to me at one of the following places!

• Email at [email protected]
• Facebook at facebook.com/sami.elleuch.2

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License

• MIT license
• Copyright 2020 © Sami Elleuch.