Examples - Nextpress

Todo API

Classic CRUD REST API with filtering, validation, and proper HTTP status codes. The "hello world" of backend frameworks.

routing jsonParser() status codes notFound() onError() query params

localhost:3001

Set up Nextpress project

Define API routes

Add input validation

Write integration tests

Deploy to production

3 items left · 2 completed

$ node examples/todo-api/server.js

:3001

Auth API

User registration and login with token-based authentication. Demonstrates the auth guard middleware pattern with route groups.

group() middleware chains req.header() auth guard custom logger

localhost:3002

localhost:3002/login

Sign in

$ node examples/auth-api/server.js

:3002

File Upload Service

Upload, download, and manage files with a web UI. Raw binary streaming, traversal protection, and static file serving for the frontend.

serveStatic() raw streaming path traversal guard req.params web UI

localhost:3003

↑

Click to upload a file
Max 10 MB per file

·report.pdf239 KB↓ download✕

·photo.jpg1.0 MB↓ download✕

·notes.txt1.2 KB↓ download✕

$ node examples/file-upload-service/server.js

:3003

Webhook Proxy

Receive webhooks from any source, validate signatures, apply rate limiting, and fan out. Features a debug catch-all that echoes any request.

cors() all() wildcard routes rate limiter request ID signature validation

localhost:3004

localhost:3004/dashboard

Incoming Webhooks

github

push → refs/heads/main

2s ago

200

stripe

payment.success $49.00

15s ago

200

slack

message.posted #general

1m ago

200

github

push → refs/heads/dev

3m ago

429

$ node examples/webhook-proxy/server.js

:3004

SPA Backend

Full-stack pattern: JSON API under /api with route groups, static serving for the built frontend, and SPA fallback that serves index.html for client-side routes.

group() serveStatic() SPA fallback notFound() pagination maxAge cache

localhost:3005

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$ node examples/react-spa-backend/server.js

:3005

Feature	Todo	Auth	Files	Webhooks	SPA
GET / POST / PUT / DELETE	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
jsonParser()	✓	✓	-	✓	✓
cors()	-	-	-	✓	✓
serveStatic()	-	-	✓	-	✓
group()	-	✓	-	-	✓
Route params (:id)	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Wildcard routes (*)	-	-	-	✓	✓
Middleware chains	-	✓	-	✓	-
req.header()	-	✓	✓	✓	-
Query params	✓	-	✓	✓	✓
notFound()	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
onError()	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
all()	-	-	-	✓	-

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