RESTful API sample structure using Node.js, Express.js included tesing

RESTful API sample structure using Node.js, Express.js included tesing

Let's lool at the following example structure for RESTful API using Node.js, Express.js included tesing

app/
  |---models/
  |---controller/
  |---helpers/
  |---middlewares/
  |---tests/
      |---models/
      |---controllers/
      |---middlewares/
  |---node_modules/
  |---app.js
  |---package.json


models/ – represents data, implements business logic and handles storage
controllers/ – defines your app routes and their logic
helpers/ – code and functionality to be shared by different parts of the project
middlewares/ – Express middlewares which process the incoming requests before handling them down to the routes
tests/ – tests everything which is in the other folders
node_modules/ - all npm requried for app
app.js – initializes the app and glues everything together
package.json – remembers all packages that your app depends on and their versions