Typescript Futurum Express

An example of a modern containerised REST API using typescript, express and tsoa.

Using tsoa, you can define your REST endpoints with routes and controllers using decorators, and it will automatically generate the OpenAPI spec for you.

To start development node

This will automatically watch for changes and restart the server.

But, it does not pick up changes in the swagger.json file. You need to run npm run build:tsoa to update the swagger.json file.

npm run dev

Generate Routes and Swagger.json

npm run build:tsoa

Docker

Build

docker build -t typescript.futurum.express .

Run

docker run -p 3002:8080 typescript.futurum.express