suissa / starter-nodejs-rest

Starter for a Node.js RESTful Application using MongoDB and JSON Web Token

Starter for a NODE.js REST Application

A boilerplate using Node.js, MongoDB and JSON Web Tokens to save your time.

Features:

• MongoDB connection with easy configuration
• Front-end folder will use the same host of your API
• Token validation to protect your API
• Easy project structure to create routes and controllers in separate files
• Login and registration
• Recover account sending an email with an unique token

Requirements

• NodeJS and NPM
• MongoDB

Getting Started

# Get the latest snapshot
git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/pedrokehl/starter-nodejs-rest.git

# Change directory
cd myproject

# Install NPM dependencies
npm install

# Start your mongoDB and then simply start your app
npm start