📦 create-smart-api — Smart Node.js Backend Generator

A powerful CLI toolkit to generate production-ready Node.js REST APIs with advanced scaffolding, interactive schema builder, and database integration.

🚀 What’s New 🔥

• 🧠 Interactive Schema Builder
• 📊 Table Preview before model creation
• ✏️ Edit / Add / Delete fields dynamically
• ⚡ Bulk field input support
• 🔍 Auto typo correction (string, boolean, etc.)
• 🧩 Supports Sequelize & Mongoose models
• 📁 Auto .env + DB config generation
• 🔄 Real DB-connected CRUD APIs (not dummy)

🚀 Features

• Express.js or Fastify support
• CommonJS & ES Modules
• Clean architecture (Controller / Service / Model / Route)
• Smart CRUD generator
• JWT authentication
• Validation (Zod/Joi)
• Jest testing setup
• Swagger/OpenAPI docs
• Plugin system

📦 Installation

Run with npx (recommended)

npx create-smart-api create my-api

Or install globally

npm install -g create-smart-api

⚡ Quick Start

create-smart-api create my-api

Follow CLI prompts:

• Project name

• Framework (Express / Fastify)

• Module system (CommonJS / ESM)

• Database:

  • MongoDB (Mongoose)
  • MySQL (Sequelize)
  • MSSQL (Sequelize)

• Generate CRUD module

• Port

🧠 Smart CRUD Generator (🔥 Highlight Feature)

create-smart-api generate:crud user

✨ Step 1: Bulk Field Input

name:string,email:string,age:number,status:enum

✨ Step 2: Field Enhancements

• Required
• Unique
• Default values
• Enum values

📊 Step 3: Table Preview

📊 Schema Preview

┌───┬─────────┬────────┬─────┬─────┬─────────┬────────────────────┐
│ # │ Field   │ Type   │ Req │Uniq │ Default │ Extra              │
├───┼─────────┼────────┼─────┼─────┼─────────┼────────────────────┤
│ 1 │ name    │ string │ ✔   │ ✖  │ -       │ -                  │
│ 2 │ email   │ string │ ✔   │ ✔  │ -       │ -                  │
│ 3 │ status  │ string │ ✖   │ ✖  │ active  │ enum(active,inact) │
└───┴─────────┴────────┴─────┴─────┴─────────┴────────────────────┘

✏️ Step 4: Edit Before Confirm

Options:

• Edit field
• Add new field
• Delete field
• Continue

🧩 Database Support

🟢 Sequelize (MySQL / MSSQL)

• Auto model generation
• Proper type mapping
• Validation & constraints

🟢 Mongoose (MongoDB)

• Schema-based model
• Enum support
• Default values
• Ready-to-use models

📁 Generated Structure

my-api/
├── src/
│   ├── controllers/
│   ├── services/
│   ├── models/
│   ├── routes/
│   ├── middleware/
│   ├── config/
│   ├── server.js
├── .env
└── package.json

⚙️ CLI Commands

Create project

create-smart-api create my-api

Generate CRUD

create-smart-api generate:crud user

Generate Auth

create-smart-api generate:auth

Generate Service

create-smart-api generate:service

Generate Validation

create-smart-api generate:validation user

Generate Tests

create-smart-api generate:test user

Generate Swagger Docs

create-smart-api generate:swagger

🧪 Testing

npm test

⚠️ Important Note

If no models are created:

⚠️ Project created successfully, but no models were generated.

Database operations and related features may not work.

👉 Run:
create-smart-api generate:crud <module-name>

🔌 Plugin System

create-smart-api plugin install redis

🗺️ Roadmap

• Relations (1:1, 1:N, N:N)
• GraphQL generator
• Redis cache support
• Microservices support
• AI-based API generation

🤝 Contributing

1. Fork repo
2. Create feature branch
3. Add tests
4. Submit PR

📄 License

MIT

👨‍💻 Author

Created by Chirag Chauhan

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