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A basic starter for an express.js API with Typescript

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Express API Starter with Typescript

How to use this template:

npx create-express-api --typescript --directory my-api-name

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
  • cors
    • CORS is a node.js package for providing a Connect/Express middleware that can be used to enable CORS with various options.

Development utilities:

  • typescript
    • TypeScript is a language for application-scale JavaScript.
  • ts-node
    • TypeScript execution and REPL for node.js, with source map and native ESM support.
  • nodemon
    • nodemon is a tool that helps develop node.js based applications by automatically restarting the node application when file changes in the directory are detected.
  • eslint
    • ESLint is a tool for identifying and reporting on patterns found in ECMAScript/JavaScript code.
  • typescript-eslint
    • Tooling which enables ESLint to support TypeScript.
  • jest
    • Jest is a delightful JavaScript Testing Framework with a focus on simplicity.
  • supertest
    • HTTP assertions made easy via superagent.

Setup

npm install

Lint

npm run lint

Test

npm run test

Development

npm run dev

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A basic starter for an express.js API with Typescript

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