maitraysuthar/rest-api-nodejs-mongodb
Rest Api Nodejs Mongodb
This backend starter template provides a modular structure for building REST APIs using Node.js, Express, and MongoDB. It includes predefined database models, schema-driven validation, and structured routing to facilitate the development of server-side applications.
The application incorporates authentication and security features centered on user registration, login flows, and credential verification. Passwords are protected using cryptographic hashing, and access to protected endpoints is managed through signed token issuance and middleware-based route protection. Additional identity management capabilities include email-based account verification using randomized one-time security passcodes.
Data persistence is handled through object document mapping abstractions, supporting standard record management operations for creating, reading, updating, and deleting entities. The system also standardizes outgoing server responses with consistent structures and HTTP status codes, while validating incoming request payloads against defined rules. Automated unit and integration testing workflows are included to verify application correctness and measure code coverage.
Features
- Project Boilerplates - Provides a pre-configured project starter template with modular server-side routing and database models.
- REST API Backends - Builds robust backend services with Node.js and Express to handle HTTP requests, routing, and data processing.
- ODM Frameworks - Executes standard application data operations using object document mapping abstractions over the database.
- MongoDB Integrations - Connects applications to MongoDB databases for secure and reliable record management.
- MongoDB Schema Modeling - Establishes a database integration setup using Mongoose to manage records with schema validation and CRUD operations.
- Type-Safe Record CRUD - Executes standard database record management operations to create, read, update, and delete application entities.
- Response Envelope Wrapping - Encapsulates outgoing server replies within consistent response structures and appropriate status codes.
- JSON Web Tokens - Issues signed JSON Web Tokens upon successful login to authorize subsequent API requests.
- JWT Authentications - Implements a credential verification and token issuance system using JSON Web Tokens to secure REST endpoints.
- Token-Based Authentication - Secures subsequent API calls by issuing cryptographically signed tokens upon successful credential verification.
- User Authentication Systems - Verifies user credentials, manages password hashing, and issues signed tokens to protect endpoints and control access.
- Credential Authentications - Verifies user credentials against stored secure password hashes and issues signed tokens for requests.
- Middleware-Based Endpoint Protections - Intercepts incoming HTTP requests using middleware to verify user identity and enforce route protection.
- Request Payload Specifications - Inspects incoming request payloads against predefined rules to reject malformed submissions before processing.
- Response Structure Standardization - Formats outgoing server replies with consistent structures and appropriate HTTP status codes for reliable client consumption.
- Registration and Profile Retrievals - Authenticates users through dedicated registration and login endpoints while protecting passwords with cryptographic hashes.
- Password Hashing Utilities - Protects user credentials in the database by transforming plain text passwords into secure hashes.
- Email Verifications - Delivers email messages containing randomized numeric passcodes to verify newly registered user accounts.
- One-Time Password Validation - Sends temporary security passcodes via email and validates short-lived single-use tokens for account verification.
- Unit Testing and Code Coverage - Executes automated unit and integration testing workflows to verify application correctness and measure code coverage.
- Request Schema Validators - Validates incoming request parameters and payloads against predefined schema rules before reaching business logic.
