hagopj13/node-express-boilerplate
Node Express Boilerplate
This project is a production-ready template for building RESTful APIs using Node.js and the Express web framework. It provides a pre-configured structure for backend services, integrating a MongoDB Mongoose ODM framework for data modeling and a token-based security system for managing user identity.
The boilerplate distinguishes itself through automated API documentation generated via Swagger by parsing code comments. It implements a layered controller architecture and a middleware-based request pipeline to separate routing logic from business logic and security processing.
The system covers a broad surface of backend capabilities, including user identity management for registration and account recovery, role-based access control, and input data sanitization. It also provides utilities for database query pagination, application event logging, and centralized error handling to ensure consistent API responses.
Features
- RESTful API Development - Provides a production-ready foundation for building scalable RESTful web services using Node.js and Express.
- Schema-Based Data Models - Enforces structural integrity for MongoDB documents using Mongoose schema definitions.
- ODM Frameworks - Integrates the Mongoose ODM to map application objects to MongoDB documents.
- MongoDB Schema Modeling - Organizes application data through the definition of structured Mongoose schemas for MongoDB.
- Object Data Modelers - Uses a Mongoose ODM to map database documents to programmable objects in Node.js.
- Middleware-Based Request Pipelines - Processes incoming requests through a modular pipeline of functions for validation and security.
- JWT Route Guards - Implements token-based security to restrict access to protected API endpoints via request header validation.
- JWT Authentication - Implements a token-based security system for identity verification and restricting access to protected routes.
- JWT Authentications - Verifies user identity by validating signed JSON Web Tokens passed in request headers.
- User Identity Management - Provides dedicated endpoints for managing the user lifecycle, including registration, login, and password resets.
- Error Handling Middleware - Routes all caught exceptions through a global error-handling middleware to ensure consistent API responses.
- Controller-Route Decoupling - Separates network endpoint definitions from business logic by delegating requests to dedicated controller functions.
- API Boilerplates - Offers a production-ready boilerplate with pre-configured architecture, security, and data modeling.
- Request Validation Middleware - Implements middleware to verify that incoming request payloads match predefined schemas before reaching controllers.
- REST API Backends - Provides a pre-configured server-side structure with essential middleware for authentication and error handling.
- API Documentation Generators - Provides automated generation of visual API specifications by parsing source code comments via Swagger.
- Technical Documentation - Maintains a visual specification of available API endpoints to facilitate developer integration.
- API Security Hardening - Protects endpoints using input sanitization, security headers, and request validation to mitigate common vulnerabilities.
- Input Sanitization - Includes a process to clean incoming request data to protect the system against cross-site scripting and injection attacks.
- Role-Based Access Control - Provides a verification process to ensure authenticated users possess specific roles before accessing protected routes.
- API Documentation Annotations - Uses standardized JSDoc comment tags to automatically generate technical API specifications.
- Error Handling - Implements a global error-handling middleware to intercept exceptions and return consistent API response formats.
