Server template

This is a simple server template to for my students to start projects quickly.

Table of contents:

• Setup
• Endpoints
• Sample requests with httpie

SETUP How to use this template

1. Create a new project based on this template using the Use this template button

2. Clone the app

git clone git@github.com:YOUR_GITHUB_NAME/YOUR_PROJECT_NAME.git

3. cd into your project

cd YOUR_PROJECT_NAME

4. install dependencies

npm install

5. Configure your database in config/config.json

Default config is setup for usage with an ElephantSQL database instance, you need to provide the DB Url on the "url" key of the config.json file, key development.

// config/config.json
{
  "development": {
    "url": "YOUR_ELEPHANTSQL_URL_HERE",
    "dialect": "postgres"
  },
}

6. Create database, run migrations & seed data

package.json contains a script for this

npm run initdev

Or run the commands seperately

npx sequelize-cli db:migrate
npx sequelize-cli db:seed:all

7. start server with nodemon (recommended for development)

npm run dev

8. or start normally

npm start

Endpoints

Method	Path	Purpose	required parameters	auth
POST	'/signup'	Create a new user and get a token	email, name, password	no
POST	'/login'	Get a token with email & password	email, password	no
GET	'/me'	Get information of this user	none	yes

Sample requests with httpie

To demo making request to this server, bash commands are included that make requests using httpie

Method	Path	Command
POST	'/signup'	http :4000/sign
POST	'/login'	http :4000/login
GET	'/me'	http :4000/me