Express & ES6 API Boilerplate

Features

• [x] ES6 for javascript awesomeness
• [x] MongoDB w/ Mongoose for data layer
• [x] Username/Email registration and authentication
• [x] Testing via Mocha & Chai
• [x] Test coverage via Isparta

Getting Started

First, ensure you have node and mongo installed on your system.

# clone it
git clone [email protected]:kylealwyn/node-api-es6-boilerplate.git
cd node-api-es6-boilerplate

# Make it your own
rm -rf .git && git init

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Run it
npm start

# Try it!
curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST -d '{"username":"jamesdean", "email": "[email protected]", "password":"password1"}' http://localhost:4567/users

Commands

• npm start

  • Start live-reloading development server

• npm test

  • Run test suite

• npm run test:watch

  • Run test suite with auto-reloading

• npm run coverage

  • Run test coverage

• npm run build

  • Generates production ready application in ./build

Todo

• [ ] Add OAuth Login Support (Facebook, Twitter, Google)
• [ ] Add support for MySql or PostgreSQL (Possibly with sequelize)
• [x] Write tests to exemplify Mongo interactions
• [ ] Move all data retrieval logic into services to remove Mongo dependences in controllers

License

MIT