Serverless Express Typescript Template

Table of contents:

• Serverless Express Typescript Template
• Table of contents:
• Pre-reqs
• Getting started
• Debugging

Pre-reqs

To build and run this app locally you will need a few things:

• Install Node.js
• Install Serverless CLI

npm install -g serverless

• Install VS Code

Getting started

• Clone the repository
• Install dependencies

cd <project_name>
npm i

• Create .env file in the root directory and fill in the credentials:

DB_HOST=""
DB_USERNAME=""
DB_PASSWORD=""
DB_NAME=""
PRIVATE_KEY=""
PUBLIC_KEY=""

• Create some code in the app.ts file, create some controllers etc.
• Start the Service (this sets the local port to 3000)

npm run dev

• To change the port run

serverless offline start -s DEV --reloadHandler --httpPort <port>

Finally, send requests to http://localhost:<port>

Debugging

In the .vscode folder is a launch.json. Select Debug Serverless offline and set breakpoints. The Debugger will run npm run debug. If your OS is Windows Vscode will detect it and will run npm run debug:win