Express Mongoose JWT Boilerplate

A simple boilerplate project based on ES6+ for kickstarting your web application development with Express.js, Mongoose, and JWT

Features

• User Authentication:

  • Register and login functionality with bcrypt for password hashing.
  • JWT-based authentication for secure user sessions.
  • Refresh-Token based authentication for long-lived sessions.

• Middleware:

  • Utilizes Express.js middleware for handling various aspects of request processing.
  • CORS middleware for enabling cross-origin resource sharing.
  • Helmet middleware for securing your app by setting various HTTP headers.

• Validation:

  • Express-validator for request validation, ensuring data integrity.

• Logging:

  • Pino (pino-http & pino-pretty) for efficient and structured logging.

• Security:

  • Utilizes Helmet middleware for securing the application against common web vulnerabilities.

• Database Integration:

  • MongoDB integration using Mongoose, providing a robust database layer.

Use the template

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/mortezaom/express-mongoose-jwt-boilerplate.git

2. Install the dependencies:

   pnpm install

3. Set the environment variables:

    cp .env.example .env

4. Start the server:

   pnpm run dev

5. Open the browser and navigate to http://localhost:5000.

Dependencies

• bcrypt
• cors
• dotenv
• express
• express-validator
• helmet
• jsonwebtoken
• mongoose
• pino
• pino-http
• pino-pretty

License

Released under the MIT License.

Contributing

Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.