Express MongoDB Starter

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Description

An Express API starter using Monk to communicate with MongoDB.

Dependencies

Default:

• body-parser
  • parse incoming body requests
• cors
  • middleware for enabling cross origin resource sharing
• dotenv
  • module for loading .env variables
• express
  • server framework
• helmet
  • http header security
• monk
  • tiny mongodb communication layer
• morgan
  • request logger middleware

Dev dependencies:

• mocha
  • javascript test framework
• nodemon
  • server hot reload
• supertest
  • node testing library

Project structure

/config
    connection.js -- set the db and port values using dotenv
/controllers
    posts.js -- logic for handling db with monk
/middleware
    404_handler.js -- 404 response handler
    error_handler.js -- general error handler
/routes
    posts.js -- assign endpoints
/test
    app.test.js -- example testing with mocha and supertest
env.sample -- example of environment variables
app.js -- main express app
package.json -- required dependencies

Requirements

• Change .env.sample to .env and edit variables

• NPM, Node, MongoDB

• Global dependencies

npm install nodemon mocha -g

Commands

Install dependencies

npm install

Run application

npm run start

Run application in development mode

npm run dev

Run tests

npm run test