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🪙 Chapchapapi CLI

chapchapapi is an open-source Node.js CLI tool that reads your Prisma schema and instantly generates:

• ✅ CRUD boilerplate (controllers, services, routes)\
• ✅ Postman-ready REST API collections\
• ✅ Search, pagination, CSV import/export endpoints\
• ✅ MinIO-based file/document upload utilities

It automates up to 80% of repetitive API development in Prisma + Express projects.

✨ Features

• 🔍 Parses schema.prisma automatically\
• ⚙️ Generates complete CRUD endpoints\
• 📬 Builds Postman collections with folders + sample requests\
• 🧾 CSV import/export support\
• 🔐 MinIO document upload utilities\
• 🎨 Beautiful interactive CLI using inquirer\
• ⚡ Fast, clean, developer-friendly workflow

🚀 Installation

Install globally:

npm install -g chapchapapi

Then initialize your backend project:

chapchapapi init

Run without installing:

npx chapchapapi init

🔧 Required Environment Variables

Add the following variables to your .env file depending on your project features.

Postman Integration

These are required for auto-generating Postman collections:

POSTMAN_API_KEY=""
POSTMAN_WORKSPACE=""

🔐 How to Get Your Postman API Key

1. Login to Postman\
2. Visit:
   https://www.postman.com/settings/me/api-keys\
3. Click Generate API Key\
4. Copy and paste into your .env

🧭 How to Find Your Postman Workspace ID

1. Open your workspace in Postman\

2. Look at the URL:

   https://www.postman.com/<username>/workspaces/<workspace-id>

3. Copy the <workspace-id> section\

4. Paste into your .env

Document Handling (MinIO)

Required if your project deals with documents, images, or file uploads.

MINIO_ROOT_USER=
MINIO_ROOT_PASSWORD=

📦 Required NPM Packages in Your Project

npm install prisma minio multer uuid dotenv csv-parser fuse-js

🧰 Commands

Initialize a new generator setup

chapchapapi init

or

npx chapchapapi init

🗺 Roadmap

• [ ] Add JWT authentication scaffolding\
• [ ] Support for NestJS\
• [ ] Support for TypeScript\
• [ ] GraphQL endpoint generation\
• [ ] Swagger/OpenAPI auto-generation\
• [ ] CLI plugin system

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome!

1. Fork repo\
2. Create feature branch\
3. Submit PR

📄 License

MIT License © 2025 Arthur Codex