A progressive Node.js framework for building efficient and scalable server-side applications.

Description

This repository contains the backend server built with NestJS and Prisma, using PostgreSQL as the database and Docker for containerization.

🚀 Features

• 🧱 Modular NestJS project structure
• 🔐 JWT Authentication using Passport.js
• 🧾 Invoice API (GET all, GET by ID)
• 🛡️ Protected routes via JwtAuthGuard
• ✅ Zod-based validation for login
• 🐳 Fully Dockerized setup
• ⚡ Prisma ORM with automated migrations and seeding

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📦 Tech Stack

• NestJS – Scalable Node.js framework
• Prisma – Type-safe database ORM
• PostgreSQL – Relational database
• Docker – Containerized development
• Zod – Schema validation
• JWT – Stateless authentication

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🔧 Getting Started

🧪 Environment Variables

Create a .env file with the following content:

DATABASE_URL="postgresql://dev:devpass@db:5432/fa_advanced_db"
JWT_SECRET="your-secret"
JWT_EXPIRES="1h"

Build & run with Docker

$ docker compose up -d --build

This will:

1. start PostgreSQL,
2. run Prisma migrations & seeding,
3. launch the NestJS API on http://localhost:3000.

📄 Swagger

🔐 Authentication

Register: POST /auth/register Content-Type: application/json

Req Body:

{
  "email": "john.doe@example.com",
  "password": "supersecret",
  "name": "John Doe",
  "role": "user"
}

Response:

{ "access_token": "JWT_TOKEN" }

Login: POST /auth/login Content-Type: application/json

Req Body:

{ 
  "email": "admin@company.com", 
  "password": "securepassword" 
} 

Response:

{ "access_token": "JWT_TOKEN" }

Use this in requests:

Authorization: Bearer

Deployment

When you're ready to deploy your NestJS application to production, there are some key steps you can take to ensure it runs as efficiently as possible. Check out the deployment documentation for more information.

If you are looking for a cloud-based platform to deploy your NestJS application, check out Mau, our official platform for deploying NestJS applications on AWS. Mau makes deployment straightforward and fast, requiring just a few simple steps:

$ npm install -g @nestjs/mau
$ mau deploy

With Mau, you can deploy your application in just a few clicks, allowing you to focus on building features rather than managing infrastructure.

Resources

Check out a few resources that may come in handy when working with NestJS:

• Visit the NestJS Documentation to learn more about the framework.
• For questions and support, please visit our Discord channel.
• To dive deeper and get more hands-on experience, check out our official video courses.
• Deploy your application to AWS with the help of NestJS Mau in just a few clicks.
• Visualize your application graph and interact with the NestJS application in real-time using NestJS Devtools.
• Need help with your project (part-time to full-time)? Check out our official enterprise support.
• To stay in the loop and get updates, follow us on X and LinkedIn.
• Looking for a job, or have a job to offer? Check out our official Jobs board.

Support

Nest is an MIT-licensed open source project. It can grow thanks to the sponsors and support by the amazing backers. If you'd like to join them, please read more here.

Stay in touch

• Author - Kamil Myśliwiec
• Website - https://nestjs.com
• Twitter - @nestframework

License

Nest is MIT licensed.