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Md Zinnatul Islam Morol
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Set up a modern Node.js API service by running one command

#javascript #beginners #node #api

Node Starter

Node-starter is a command-line application, here you can easily create your node.js project structure.

Installation

Install my-project with npm

  npx nano-app my-project
  cd my-project
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It will create a directory called my-project inside the current folder.
Inside that directory, it will generate the initial project structure and install the transitive dependencies:

my-project
├── package.json
├── package-lock.json
├── .prettierrc
├── .prettierignore
├── .gitignore
├── .env.production
├── .env.development
├── .babelrc
├── node_modules
└── src
    ├── config
        ├── cloudinary.js
        ├── database.js
        ├── passport.js
        └── sendEmail.js
    ├── controllers
        └── authController.js
    ├── middlewares
        ├── authorizedUser.js
        └── google.js
    ├── models
        ├── auditLogs.js
        ├── userRoleMaps.js
        ├── users.js
        └── validations.js
    ├── routes
        ├── authRouter.js
        └── router.js
    ├── utils
        ├── errors
            └── globalErrorHandler.js
        ├── responses
            ├── sendData.js
            ├── sendMessage.js
            └── sendResponse.js
        ├── templates
            ├── forgotMail.js
            └── signUpMail.js
        ├── createJWT.js
        └── createMFA.js
    ├── app.js
    └── server.js
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Features

  • ES6+ configuration (Babel)
  • Better error handling
  • Clean code structure
  • Google authentication (Passport strategy)
  • Email authentication with OTP verification (Sent mail using Google Gmail)
  • Implement MFA using speakeasy
  • MFA QR code images stored in Cloudinary
  • Forgot Password via mail
  • Modern data validation using Joi
  • Forgot password mail template
  • OTP validation mail template

Environment Variables

To run this project, you will need to add the following environment variables to your .env.development (Development mode) or .env.production (Production mode) file

  • DB_NAME
  • DB_USER
  • DB_PASS
  • HOST
  • SCHEMA

If you want to store MFA QR code at Cloudinary

  • CLOUD_NAME
  • CLOUD_KEY
  • CLOUD_SECRET

If you want to use google login Google console

  • GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID
  • GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET
  • GOOGLE_CALLBACK_URL

If you want to use email verification

  • EMAIL
  • EMAIL_PASS (App password)

API Reference

Google Log In 

  Redirect /api/v1/auth/google
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For google login you need to set your FrontEnd URL at .env.development or .env.production [FRONT_END]

Sign Up 

  POST /api/v1/auth/signup
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Body Type Description
f_name string Required. Your first name
l_name string Required. Your last name
email string Required. Your email
phone string Required. Your phone number
password string Required. Your password

Sign In 

  POST /api/v1/auth/signin
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Body Type Description
email string Required. Your email
password string Required. Your password

Resent OTP 

  POST /api/v1/auth/resent-otp
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Body Type Description
email string Required. Your email

Verify OTP 

  POST /api/v1/auth/verify-otp
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Body Type Description
email string Required. Your email
otp string Required. Your otp

Verify MFA 

  POST /api/v1/auth/verify-mfa
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Body Type Description
id int Required. Your user id
token string Required. Your mfa token

Forgot Password 

  POST /api/v1/auth/forgot-password
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Body Type Description
email string Required. Your email

Reset Password 

  POST /api/v1/auth/reset-password
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Body Type Description
reset_link string Required. Reset link
password string Required. Your password

Get Profile 

  GET /api/v1/auth/profile
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Parameter Type Description
Authorization string Required. Your JWT token

Run Locally

Install dependencies

  npm install
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Start the server

  npm run dev
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Deployment

To deploy this project run

  npm run start
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Usage/Examples 

npx nano-app api
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Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Tech Stack

Server: Node, Express

Authors

Feedback

If you have any feedback, please reach out to us at morolswediu@gmail.com

Support

For support, email morolswediu@gmail.com

License

MIT

Source code: https://github.com/jinnatul/node-starter

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