hagopj13/node-express-boilerplate

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.

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