Secure Node.js Express.js & TypeScript Boilerplate 🛡️

A robust and secure Express.js boilerplate with TypeScript, featuring advanced security middleware, MongoDB integration, and development tools for building production-ready Node.js applications.

🚀 Features

• Express.js with TypeScript: Modern, type-safe backend development
• MongoDB Integration: Easy database setup with Mongoose
• Advanced Security Measures:
  • 🔒 Helmet for setting various HTTP headers
  • 🌐 CORS support
  • 🚦 Rate limiting to prevent abuse
  • 🧹 Data sanitization against NoSQL injection and XSS
  • 🛑 Parameter pollution prevention
• Environment Configuration: dotenv for easy environment variable management
• Logging: Morgan for HTTP request logging
• Error Handling: Custom error handling middleware
• API Routing: Structured API routing setup
• Development Tools:
  • 🐛 Debug for better debugging experience
  • 🔄 Nodemon for auto-restarting the server (add to your devDependencies)

📋 Prerequisites

• Node.js (v14+ recommended)
• MongoDB

🛠️ Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/manju1807/node-ts-express-template.git

2. Install dependencies:

   npm install

3. Create a .env file in the root directory and add your environment variables:

   MONGODB_URI=your_mongodb_connection_string
   PORT=3000
   NODE_ENV=development

4. Start the development server:

   npm run dev

🚦 API Routes

All routes are prefixed with /api/v1. Add your routes in src/routes/index.ts.

🛡️ Security

This boilerplate comes with several security measures:

-* Helmet: Sets various HTTP headers

-* CORS: Configures Cross-Origin Resource Sharing

-* Rate Limiting: Limits repeated requests to public APIs

-* Data Sanitization: Prevents NoSQL injections and XSS attacks

-* Parameter Pollution Prevention: Prevents parameter pollution

🐛 Debugging

Use the debug package for debugging. Start your application with:

DEBUG=app:* npm start

🤝 Contributing

Contributions, issues, and feature requests are welcome! Feel free to check issues page.

😎 Author

Manjunath R

📜 License

This project is MIT licensed.