Expense Trail API

REST API for Expense Trail app made with NodeJS, Express, MongoDB, and TypeScript

Setup

Install dependencies

npm install

Configuration

Create .env file and setup environment-specific variables.

NODE_ENV=local
PORT=5000
DB_CONNECTION=mongodb://localhost/expensetrail
MIGRATE_dbConnectionUri=mongodb://localhost/expensetrail
JWT_ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET=secret

JWT secret key

You can generate secret key for JWT using NodeJS Crypto module

$ node
> require('crypto').randomBytes(64).toString('hex');
'5e76c258d276f6965abe0e418d829aeb339d6d8182dec5a8729558c8e8811780e18caa8910fc71d7a00ac1375f348041d45c34c163a2f41640b0036b938ea8f9'

Run TypeScript build

tsc

Usage

$ npm start or npm run dev
Connecting to database...
Server running on port 5000
Database connected: localhost