Skeleton - Node.js RESTful API

Getting started

To get the Node server running locally:

• Clone this repo
• npm install to install all required dependencies
• Install MongoDB Community Edition (instructions) and run it by executing mongod
• npm start to start the local server

Code Overview

Dependencies

• expressjs - The server for handling and routing HTTP requests
• jsonwebtoken - For generating JWTs used by authentication
• mongoose - For modeling and mapping MongoDB data to javascript
• multer - For uploading files
• babel-cli - Babel is a compiler for writing next generation JavaScript
• eslint-config-airbnb-base - This package provides Airbnb's base JS .eslintrc as an extensible shared config

Application Structure

• server.js - The entry point to our application.
• app.js - This file defines our express server and connects it to MongoDB using mongoose. It also requires the routes we'll be using in the application.
• components/ - This folder contains all the components (included routers, controllers, models).