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 { Router } from "express";
import { z } from "zod";
import { HttpError } from "../middleware.js";
import { deleteNote, getNote, listNotes, saveNote } from "../store.js";
export const notesRouter = Router();
const NoteInput = z.object({
title: z.string().trim().min(1).max(120),
body: z.string().max(10_000).default(""),
tags: z.array(z.string().trim().min(1).max(30)).max(10).default([]),
});
const Query = z.object({ q: z.string().optional(), tag: z.string().optional() });
notesRouter.get("/", (req, res) => {
const parsed = Query.safeParse(req.query);
if (!parsed.success) throw new HttpError(400, "Invalid query");
res.json({ notes: listNotes(parsed.data) });
});
notesRouter.get("/:id", (req, res) => {
const note = getNote(req.params.id);
if (!note) throw new HttpError(404, "Note not found");
res.json({ note });
});
notesRouter.post("/", (req, res) => {
const parsed = NoteInput.safeParse(req.body);
if (!parsed.success) return res.status(400).json({ error: "Validation failed", details: parsed.error.flatten() });
res.status(201).json({ note: saveNote(parsed.data) });
});
notesRouter.put("/:id", (req, res) => {
if (!getNote(req.params.id)) throw new HttpError(404, "Note not found");
const parsed = NoteInput.safeParse(req.body);
if (!parsed.success) return res.status(400).json({ error: "Validation failed", details: parsed.error.flatten() });
res.json({ note: saveNote(parsed.data, req.params.id) });
});
notesRouter.delete("/:id", (req, res) => {
if (!deleteNote(req.params.id)) throw new HttpError(404, "Note not found");
res.status(204).end();
});
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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