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authentication-authorization - Project Initialization and Setup

Description

This project is a TypeScript-based backend application using Express, MongoDB with Mongoose, and other essential libraries for authentication and security.

Prerequisites

Make sure you have the following installed on your machine:

• Node.js (v14 or higher)
• npm (v6 or higher)
• MongoDB (Make sure it's running)

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone <repository-url>

2. Change into the project directory:

   cd authentication-authorization

3. Install dependencies:

   npm install

Configuration

1. Create a .env file in the project root and set the following environment variables:

   PORT=5000
   MONGODB_URI=<your-mongodb-uri>
   JWT_SECRET=<your-secret-key>

   Replace <your-mongodb-uri> with your actual MongoDB connection URI and <your-secret-key> with a secure secret key for JWT.

Scripts

• npm run build: Build the TypeScript code.
• npm start: Start the server (after building).
• npm run start:dev: Start the server in development mode with automatic restarts on code changes.
• npm run lint: Run ESLint to lint TypeScript files.
• npm run lint:fix: Run ESLint and automatically fix fixable issues.
• npm run prettier: Run Prettier to format code.
• npm run prettier:fix: Run Prettier and automatically fix formatting issues.
• npm test: Run tests (not implemented in this template).

Usage

1. Build the project:

   npm run build

2. Start the server:

   npm start

3. Access the API at http://localhost:5000 (or the port you specified in the .env file).

Development

For development with automatic restarts on code changes, use:

npm run start:dev