blog-backend

A rest_api project created with the express and mongo.

This is a bullet proof Rest api -structure in node using express.

The code is divided into following structure:

• routes

Contains all the routes of the system.

• services

Bussiness logic is extracted out in this layer.

• errors

Throwing errors and error management is done in this layer.

• logging

Proper logging of the system with respect to the enviroment is handled here.

• startup

Initialing routes and other serivices and security management during start of the app is extracted out in this folder.

• middlewares

There are multiple middlewares to related to authentication and authorization.

• models

DB models of different collection are defined here using mongoose.

• config

Configuration of environment variables.

• index.js

entry point

Steps to run the project.

• clone the repo.
• run npm install in the folder to install all the dependencies.
• make sure you have mongoDB installed locally into your system.
• run node index.js to start the system service.