techboy-coder / express-backend-starter

This is a backend starter using Express, Prisma and Typescript. Simply clone this project, and add further functionality and modules.

Express JS starter (Backend Only)

This is a simple starter template to build your backend quickly and efficiently. Clone it and start building your project quicker.

Overview

This is a backend starter using Express, Prisma and Typescript. Simply clone this project, and add further functionality and modules.

Techstack

• Typescript
• Express JS
• Mongodb for Express-Sessions
• SQLite (Can be switched quickly)
• Prisma ORM
• Passport JS (Local-Auth setup)
• Webpack

Get Started

Commands

Clone Repo

git clone "https://github.com/techboy-coder/express-backend-starter" && cd express-backend-starter && yarn

Additional Commands (in package.json)

Don’t forget to install modules first

• dev - Running a dev server (ts-node-dev)
• build - Export TypeScript to JavaScript + bundle JS into 1 file.
• start - Run build + node "./production/bundle.js" (Starts Server)
• dev:migrate - Make migrations from schema.prisma file.

API usage

API uses Express-Sessions. This means it will generate a session cookie.

Register User

POST http://localhost:4000/v1/user/register
Json Body:
{
    "name": "Bob Smith",
    "email": "[e-mail]",
    "password": "secret",
    "password_confirmation": "secret"
}

Login User

POST http://localhost:4000/v1/user/login
Json Body:
{
    "email": "[e-mail]",
    "password": "secret"
}

Get User Info

GET http://localhost:4000/v1/user/

Delete User

User gets recognized thanks to session.

DELETE http://localhost:4000/v1/user/

Example Protected Route

GET http://localhost:4000/v1/user/protected

File tree

📦express-backend-starter
 ┣ 📂.git
 ┣ 📂prisma
 ┃ ┣ 📜dev.db
 ┃ ┗ 📜schema.prisma
 ┣ 📂src
 ┃ ┣ 📂auth
 ┃ ┃ ┣ 📂config
 ┃ ┃ ┃ ┣ 📂strategy
 ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┗ 📜local.ts
 ┃ ┃ ┃ ┗ 📜passport.ts
 ┃ ┃ ┣ 📂middleware
 ┃ ┃ ┃ ┗ 📜auth.ts
 ┃ ┃ ┣ 📜controller.ts
 ┃ ┃ ┣ 📜services.ts
 ┃ ┃ ┗ 📜validators.ts
 ┃ ┣ 📂modules
 ┃ ┃ ┣ 📂module 1 (Implement your own ones here)
 ┃ ┃ ┗ 📂module 2
 ┃ ┣ 📜index.ts
 ┃ ┣ 📜README.md
 ┃ ┣ 📜routes.ts
 ┃ ┣ 📜secrets.ts
 ┃ ┗ 📜session.ts
 ┣ 📜.env.example (Change to .env)
 ┣ 📜.gitignore
 ┣ 📜package.json
 ┣ 📜README.md
 ┣ 📜tsconfig.json
 ┣ 📜webpack.config.js
 ┗ 📜yarn.lock

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