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# Express ES2017 REST API Boilerplate
Boilerplate/Generator/Starter Project for building RESTful APIs and microservices using Node.js, Express and MongoDB
## Features
- No transpilers, just vanilla javascript
- ES2017 latest features like Async/Await
- CORS enabled
- Uses [yarn](https://yarnpkg.com)
- Express + MongoDB ([Mongoose](http://mongoosejs.com/))
- Consistent coding styles with [editorconfig](http://editorconfig.org)
- [Docker](https://www.docker.com/) support
- Uses [helmet](https://github.com/helmetjs/helmet) to set some HTTP headers for security
- Load environment variables from .env files with [dotenv](https://github.com/rolodato/dotenv-safe)
- Request validation with [joi](https://github.com/hapijs/joi)
- Gzip compression with [compression](https://github.com/expressjs/compression)
- Linting with [eslint](http://eslint.org)
- Tests with [mocha](https://mochajs.org), [chai](http://chaijs.com) and [sinon](http://sinonjs.org)
- Code coverage with [istanbul](https://istanbul.js.org) and [coveralls](https://coveralls.io)
- Git hooks with [husky](https://github.com/typicode/husky)
- Logging with [morgan](https://github.com/expressjs/morgan)
- Authentication and Authorization with [passport](http://passportjs.org)
- API documentation generation with [apidoc](http://apidocjs.com)
- Continuous integration support with [travisCI](https://travis-ci.org)
- Monitoring with [pm2](https://github.com/Unitech/pm2)
## Requirements
- [Node v7.6+](https://nodejs.org/en/download/current/) or [Docker](https://www.docker.com/)
- [Yarn](https://yarnpkg.com/en/docs/install)
## Getting Started
#### Clone the repo and make it yours:
```bash
git clone --depth 1 https://git.sentientgeeks.us/krish/sg-node-express-rest-api.git
cd sg-node-express-rest-api
rm -rf .git
```
#### Install dependencies:
```bash
yarn
```
#### Set environment variables:
```bash
cp .env.example .env
```
## Running Locally
```bash
yarn dev
```
## Running in Production
```bash
yarn start
```
## Lint
```bash
# lint code with ESLint
yarn lint
# try to fix ESLint errors
yarn lint:fix
# lint and watch for changes
yarn lint:watch
```
## Test
```bash
# run all tests with Mocha
yarn test
# run unit tests
yarn test:unit
# run integration tests
yarn test:integration
# run all tests and watch for changes
yarn test:watch
# open nyc test coverage reports
yarn coverage
```
## Validate
```bash
# run lint and tests
yarn validate
```
## Logs
```bash
# show logs in production
pm2 logs
```
## Documentation
```bash
# generate and open api documentation
yarn docs
```
## Docker
```bash
# run container locally
yarn docker:dev
# run container in production
yarn docker:prod
# run tests
yarn docker:test
```
## Deploy
Set your server ip:
```bash
DEPLOY_SERVER=127.0.0.1
```
Replace my Docker username with yours:
```bash
nano deploy.sh
```
Run deploy script:
```bash
yarn deploy
```