README.md

A progressive Node.js framework for building efficient and scalable server-side applications.

Description

Nest framework TypeScript starter repository with configurations of the following -

• Postgres DB
• TypeORM (structured migrations & entities see usage)
• Queue (Custom seamless queue implementation see usage)
• Caching
• Swagger for documentation
• Custom environment variables handling with multiple files & validation using Zod ( ie. simplified Testing )
• Helmet to set security-related HTTP headers appropriately
• Logger using winston (console logs are nest like see usage)
• Auth Guard (Expects a Bearar token): By default the following token will work if you want to test the protected routes eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpZCI6IjkzMTdmN2ZjLWVjYjQtNGEwOS04ZGFkLTZiMGZlMGZjM2VhMyIsImZpcnN0X25hbWUiOiJqb2huIiwibGFzdF9uYW1lIjoiZG9lIiwiZW1haWwiOiJqb2huQGRvZS5jb20iLCJpYXQiOjE3MDc0MTkwNzV9.PfUoWAPjFyA93GNaqAtys4x2wJgLd1sm89JvM3xlnt8

Installation

$ npm install

Usage

TypeORM

Define a new entity with the .entity.ts extension preferably in here src/models/your-model/entities/name.entity.ts or wherever you want, then generate a migration file with the following command -

npm run migration:generate --name=your_migration_file_name

It will generate a migration file in src/providers/typeorm/migrations

You can deploy the migrations using -

npm run migration:deploy

OR undo the latest migration using -

npm run migration:undo

QUEUE

Add a new job with the @Job() decorator & add processing logic to src/providers/queue/queue.jobs.ts with proper type definitions.

export class QueueJobs {
  /** Other Code */

  @Job()
  async newJob(payload: { message: string }): Promise<boolean> {
    /** code related to processing of the job */
    return true;
  }

  /** Other Code */
}

Now using QueueService, just add the job & processing will be handled automatically.

Class AnyService{
  constructor(
    private readonly queueService: QueueService
  ){}

  someMethod(){
    this.queueService.addJob({
      task: "newJob",
      payload: {
        message: "my-message"
      }
    })
  }
}

LOGGER

Crate new logger from the WinstonLogger class from src/utils/winston-logger/winston-logger.ts.

Logs are saved in the logs folder in the root directory, by default it will keep logs upto 30 days.

class MyService{
  private logger = new WinstonLogger(MyService.name) // sets up the context

  foo(){
    // use like this to pass additional data
    this.logger.error({
      message: "Unauthorized",
      data: {
        user: {
          id: 1,
          first_name: "Jyotirmay",
          last_name: "Barman"
        }
      }
    });
    // OR just to pass the message
    this.logger.error("Unauthorized");
  }

}

We have the following methods available in the WinstonLogger class -

type LogPayload = string | {
  message: string,
  data?: any,
  context?:string,
  stack?: string,
}

fatal(payload: LogPayload, context?: string, stack?: string);
error(payload: LogPayload, context?: string, stack?: string);
log(payload: LogPayload, context?: string, stack?: string);
warn(payload: LogPayload, context?: string, stack?: string);
debug(payload: LogPayload, context?: string, stack?: string);
verbose(payload: LogPayload, context?: string, stack?: string);
setContext(ctx:string);
getContext(): string;

NOTE : We avoid using dependency injection for the logger because it disrupts the context when implemented

Running the app

# development
$ npm run start

# watch mode
$ npm run start:dev

# production mode
$ npm run start:prod

Test

# unit tests
$ npm run test

# e2e tests
$ npm run test:e2e

# test coverage
$ npm run test:cov

Support

Nest is an MIT-licensed open source project. It can grow thanks to the sponsors and support by the amazing backers. If you'd like to join them, please read more here.

Stay in touch

• Author - Kamil Myśliwiec
• Website - https://nestjs.com
• Twitter - @nestframework

License

Nest is MIT licensed.