REST API Template

Template for building REST APIs with Node and Koa JS

Features

• App setup
• Linting
• Router
• Test setup
• Database setup
• Logging
• Validation setup with @hapi/joi

Built with

• Node
• MongoDB
• KoaJS

Usage

• Fork the repository
• Install dependencies using either yarn install or npm install
• Setup your database and environmental variables as shown in the .env.example file
• Add your code
• Run

Using the validator

• From your middleware folder, create a .js file to hold your middleware

Example

  const { Joi, itemTypes, validate } = require('../utils/validator');

  const registrationSchema = Joi.object({
    username: Joi.string().min(4).max(30).required(),
    password: Joi.string().required()
  });

  const validateRegistration = () => validate({
    schema: registrationSchema,
    itemType: itemType.body,
    opt: { abortEarly: false }
  });

  module.exports = validateRegistration;

In your router

• import the validateRegistration middleware for the registration route
• Then add it to your route

  router.post('/api/v1/signup', validateRegistration(), (ctx) => {
    // Enter signup code here...
  });

Creating Database Models

• create a models folder inside the src folder
• define your mongoose models and you are good to go.

Run

• run npm run dev

Testing

• run npm test