mehdijai / nodexp-controllers

Controllers patters with NodeJS and ExpressJS

NodeJS ExpressJS API with controllers pattern

Creating NodeJS/ExpressJS dummy API and implementing a basic controller pattern. The controllers are auth-detected. This API includes some dummy endpoints and middleware to mimic an almost real-world behavior. We use decorators to add certain metadata and variables for the endpoints, like AuthGuard, Middlewares, HTTP Method, and route base URI.

The structure of the app:

• config folder: Handle the api config variables (API Prefix)
• controllers: Handle the controllers and endpoints
• decorators: The Controller decorators
• middlewares: Handle ExpressJS middlewares
• services: Handle services, Such as, Reflect Metadata, Prisma, Mail,...
• utils: Functions and classes tools
• app.ts: The Express App Handler
• server.ts: App main file.

Note:

To use the decorators with typescript, enable experimentalDecorators in tsconfig.json:

{
    "compilerOptions": {
        ...
        "experimentalDecorators": true,
        ...
    }
}

Full tutorial

For a detailed guide on creating and implementing these controllers, check out my article: Create NodeJS/ExpressJS API using Controller Pattern. In this article, I provide an in-depth explanation of the process and behavior of these controllers.