🚀 create-smart-api

Smart Node.js Backend Generator for Production-Ready APIs

Build scalable backend APIs in seconds with an interactive CLI that generates clean, production-ready Node.js projects using Express or Fastify.

📦 Overview

create-smart-api is a powerful CLI toolkit that helps developers scaffold modern backend applications with:

• Clean architecture
• CRUD generation
• Authentication
• Validation
• Swagger docs
• Testing setup
• Plugin support
• Interactive schema builder

Perfect for rapid backend development.

✨ Key Highlights

🔥 Smart Interactive CLI

Generate complete backend projects with guided prompts.

🧠 Interactive Schema Builder

Create models visually with:

• Add/Edit/Delete fields
• Bulk field input mode
• Table preview before generation
• Auto typo correction for field types

⚡ Production Ready

Generated projects include:

• Folder structure
• Database config
• Environment setup
• Real connected CRUD APIs

🎯 Features

• Express.js / Fastify support
• CommonJS + ESM support
• MongoDB / MySQL / MSSQL support
• Sequelize + Mongoose support
• CRUD generator
• Auth generator
• Validation generator
• Swagger/OpenAPI setup
• Jest testing support
• Plugin system
• Microservice scaffolding

📥 Installation

Run instantly with npx

npx create-smart-api create my-api

Short alias

npx create-smart-api c my-api

Global install

npm install -g create-smart-api

⚡ Quick Start

create-smart-api create my-api

or

create-smart-api c my-api

🏗️ Project Setup Wizard

The CLI will guide you through:

• Project name
• Framework selection
• Module system
• Database choice
• CRUD generation
• Port configuration

Supported databases:

• MongoDB
• MySQL
• MSSQL

🧠 Smart CRUD Generator

Generate complete CRUD module instantly:

create-smart-api generate:crud user

or shortcut:

create-smart-api g:c user

Schema Builder Example

Interactive Mode

Field name: name
Type: string
Required? Yes
Unique? No

Quick Input Mode

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

Schema Preview Table

| # | Field | Type | Req | Uniq | Default | Extra | | --- | ------ | ------ | --- | ---- | ------- | --------------- | | 1 | name | string | Yes | No | - | - | | 2 | email | string | Yes | Yes | - | - | | 3 | status | enum | No | No | active | active,inactive |

Edit Before Generate

Options include:

• Edit field
• Add field
• Delete field
• Continue

⚙️ CLI Commands

Create Project

create-smart-api create my-api
create-smart-api c my-api

Generate CRUD

create-smart-api generate:crud user
create-smart-api g:c user

Generate Auth

create-smart-api generate:auth
create-smart-api g:a

Generate Service

create-smart-api generate:service user
create-smart-api g:s user

Generate Route

create-smart-api generate:route user
create-smart-api g:r user

Generate Model

create-smart-api generate:model user
create-smart-api g:m user

Generate Validation

create-smart-api generate:validation user
create-smart-api g:v user

Generate Test

create-smart-api generate:test user
create-smart-api g:t user

Generate Swagger

create-smart-api generate:swagger

Add Plugin

create-smart-api add:plugin redis
create-smart-api add:p redis

🔌 Plugin Support

Currently supported plugins:

• Redis
• Kafka

Example:

create-smart-api add:plugin kafka

🧩 Database Support

MongoDB (Mongoose)

• Schema models
• Enum support
• Defaults
• Validation ready

MySQL / MSSQL (Sequelize)

• Typed models
• Constraints
• Auto mappings

🔗 Relationship Support

Define model relationships interactively:

Related model name: User
Relation type:
❯ 1:1
  1:N
  N:N

Auto-create missing related models if needed.

🧪 Testing

Generated apps support Jest:

npm test

🛠️ Auto Command Suggestions

Mistyped command?

Example:

create-smart-api genrate:crud user

CLI automatically suggests:

Did you mean: generate:crud ?

And can rerun automatically after confirmation.

🚀 Roadmap

Upcoming features:

• GraphQL generator
• Redis cache layer
• Advanced microservices templates
• AI-powered API generation
• Docker support
• CI/CD templates

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome!

1. Fork repository
2. Create feature branch
3. Commit changes
4. Submit PR

📄 License

MIT License

👨‍💻 Author

Created with ❤️ by Chirag Chauhan

GitHub: https://github.com/cvchauhan

⭐ Support

If you like this project:

👉 Star the repository 👉 Share with developers 👉 Contribute ideas

Build APIs Faster. Smarter. Cleaner.

npx create-smart-api create my-next-api