MongoDB NestJS Starter Template

This template provides a starting template for web services based on Typescript, GraphQL, NestJS and MongoDB. Some features include:

• Typescript configuration
• Basic GraphQL API setup with NestJS
• NestJS/MongoDB configuration
• Basic Mongoose setup
• Docker setup for NodeJS and MongoDB

Requirements

• NodeJS
• NestJS
• MongoDB
• Docker

Development

Run the project in Docker with:

docker-compose up

Then navigate to http://localhost:3000/

Mongo Express

Mongo Express can be used for local development to inspect Mongo databases. To inspect tables run docker-compose up and navigate to http://0.0.0.0:8081/.

Rest Client

HTTP requests can be tested locally with requests.http with the REST Client VSCode extension.