Express API starter

This is a simple structured express application to get you started in build your next API. API is a production ready with mongodb and redis database. Full auth routes using access and refresh tokens. Feel free to send a pull request 😁

Installation & Setup

If you dont't have an existing server; You could get $100 in credit over 60 days from Digitalocean to deploy this. Signup here.

git clone https://github.com/samuelogu/express-api-starter.git

cd express-api-starter

npm i

touch .env

You will need to have Mongodb and Redis installed on your system to use both connectors. Update the .env file.

DATABASE_URL=mongodb://localhost:27017/my_database
PORT=3000

ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET=24869ff533c03cf43e3827f80e8763164460ds45w41a3d71f4eb887b91bf7613
ACCESS_TOKEN_LIFE=20m
REFRESH_TOKEN_SECRET=5de9bfa90f9c227783b2f7a3793932ew341192f2512bd020c808438df9b90c4a
REFRESH_TOKEN_LIFE=1y
TOKEN_ISSUER=yourwebsite.com

Start your server with npm start and you are ready to start building