Structured Express API
A notes REST API split into router, middleware, and store modules, with logging, error handling, and search.
A step up from the single-file Express starter: routes live in src/routes, cross-cutting concerns (request logging, an HttpError class and a central error handler) in src/middleware.ts, and persistence behind a small store interface so a database can replace the in-memory Map without touching handlers. Supports search and tag filtering through validated query parameters.
- node
- express
- api
- rest
- typescript
- backend
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Files8 files
import type { NextFunction, Request, Response } from "express";
export function requestLogger(req: Request, res: Response, next: NextFunction) {
const start = Date.now();
res.on("finish", () => {
console.log(req.method + " " + req.originalUrl + " -> " + res.statusCode + " (" + (Date.now() - start) + "ms)");
});
next();
}
export class HttpError extends Error {
constructor(
public status: number,
message: string,
) {
super(message);
}
}
// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars
export function errorHandler(err: unknown, _req: Request, res: Response, _next: NextFunction) {
if (err instanceof HttpError) return res.status(err.status).json({ error: err.message });
console.error(err);
return res.status(500).json({ error: "Internal server error" });
}
Dependencies
Documented from the template's package.json. The runtime has a prebuilt dependency set for Node.js + Express, so installs are fast.
| Package | Version |
|---|---|
| express | ^4.21.0 |
| zod | ^3.24.0 |
| tsx | ^4.19.0 |
| typescript | ^5.8.0 |
How it runs
- Framework
- Node.js + Express
- Dev command
- npm run dev
- Build command
- npm run build
- Output directory
- dist
- Port
- 3000
- Opens at
- /api/notes
- Difficulty
- intermediate
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