REST API with Node.js, Mongoose & TypeScript

Note: This repository includes the postman collection for the finished API

Note 2: Make sure you add .env to your .gitignore before pushing any changes to your repository. You mght also want to generate new public & private keys. Mine are disposable

Issues I encountered and how to fix them

• JWT malformed error: https://youtu.be/FzKrfwplips
• Managing environment variables: https://youtu.be/gfyQzeBlLTI

What you will need

• A running instance of MongoDB
• Postman (Insomnia/Thunder client/Rapid API client also work)
• An IDE or text editor (I like VS Code so yeah)
• A web browser
• A package manager such as NPM or Yarn
• Node.js installed

Data flow

Access & refresh token flow

Deployment options (I'll probably experiment with all of them lol)

• Docker (image)
• docker-compose (container)
• Caddy - Web server
• DigitalOcean

Note: You will need Docker installed locally if you want to test your Docker configutation

Let's keep in touch

• Twitter