REST API with Node using Typescript

This is a simple REST API developed using node and express with typescript

Requirements

Node.js, postgresql

Setup DB

1. you need to install PostgreSQL and then set the following environment variable C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\10\bin, C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\10\lib

2. rename .env-sample to .env in the file the DB connection string need to be updated accoring to your credentials. ex : postgres://<YourUserName>:<YourPassword>@localhost:5432/<YourDatabase>

3. you can find the DB and other details under src/db create database with the name complete-typescript-course and then run/ import the .sql files

Setup

clone the repo then goto that directory and run following commands

npm install

To transpile .ts files to .js run

npm run watch

To start the Application

nodemon or npm start

this will run on port 3000 you can change on config or

node server.js -p <PORT>

Credits to

Angular University complete-typescript-course