Overview

This repository is template used to create Express APIs with TypeScript.

Features

Server Configuration

Properly defined and type checked server config that can be configured using nconf in TypeScript or via environment variables.

Powerful logger

A powerful logger based on bunyan that is customizable using the server config.

Endpoint Not Found controller

This server includes a controller that catches every request made to unknown endpoints and returns a custom 404 response message.

Ping controller

Simple controller used to ping the server.

Internal Server Error middleware

A middleware that catches errors thrown in the controllers and returns a custom 500 error response message.

Log middleware

A middleware that logs incoming requests.

Parameter validator middleware

A middleware that validates incoming requests params using custom defined validators and express-validator.

Async Wrapper

A wrapper function that can be used to wrap async controller handlers in order to properly catch errors thrown in them.

Tests

Integration tests that run on your real app using supertest.