NestJS API Server

Open-Source API server powered by NestJS, a progressive Node.js framework for building efficient, reliable, and scalable server-side applications.

Status: Work in progress

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Features

• Best Practices: Follows industry-standard best practices for building robust APIs.
• Backend: Built with NestJS, a powerful and scalable Node.js framework.
• UI:
  • React Mantis (optional frontend integration).

Backend API

• Simple, modular & intuitive structure: Easy to understand and extend.
• Toolchain:
  • Usable with the latest Node.js LTS versions:
    • v22.x
    • v21.x
    • v20.x
  • Package Managers:
    • PNPM,
    • Yarn,
    • Npm
• Authentication: Auth0 for GitHub integration.
  • GitHub email pulled during OAuth SignIN.
  • Optional: Email validation.
• Roles: Admin, Users.
• ORM: Prisma for database management.
• User Profiles:
  • ROLE: Default user.
  • Fields: Name, surname, bio, country, address, job.
• API Features:
  • Search, Pagination.
  • Public Access: GET by ID, get all.
  • Private access (requires token):
    • Create, Update, Delete.
• Admin:
  • Can search or mutate any user.
• Users:
  • Can view and mutate only their own information.

Start with Docker

@Todo

Start NestJS Backend

Edit Environment

Add a .env file to your project root directory and populate as follows:

AUTH0_DOMAIN=YOUR_AUTH0_DOMAIN
AUTH0_CLIENT_ID=YOUR_AUTH0_CLIENT_ID
AUTH0_CLIENT_SECRET=YOUR_AUTH0_CLIENT_SECRET

JWT_SECRET=YOUR_JWT_SECRET

DATABASE_URL=YOUR_DATABASE_URL

Here's how to get the required Auth0 details. You need to register a client (application) in your Auth0 dashboard.

Follow these steps to register a client with Auth0:

1. Open the Auth0 Applications section of the Auth0 Dashboard.
2. Click on the Create Application button.
3. Provide a Name, such as "GitHub Auth".
4. Choose Single Page Web Applications as the application type.
5. Click on the Create button.
6. Finally, note down your Domain, Client ID, and Client Secret and add them to your .env file. Click the settings tab if you do not see them.

Choose a random string of letters and numbers for your JWT_SECRET and populate the DATABASE_URL with your database connection string.

Install Dependencies

Run the following to install dependencies:

npm install

OR

yarn

Set Up Prisma

1. Run the following command to generate the Prisma client and apply migrations:

npx prisma generate
npx prisma migrate dev --name init

2. If you need to seed your database, you can add a seed script in the prisma/seed.ts file and run:

npx prisma db seed

Run Your Server

Start the NestJS server with:

npm run start:dev

OR

yarn start:dev

Compile React UI

Edit Environment

Add your server base URL to your environment variables as follows:

VITE_APP_PUBLIC_URL=<YOUR_SERVER_URL>

Install Dependencies

npm install

OR

yarn

Start the React UI

npm run dev

OR

yarn dev

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