node-express-api-template/createproject.js

A productive and scalable nodejs api template for developers

#!/usr/bin/env node

const { spawnSync } = require('child_process');
const fs = require('fs');
const path = require('path');

const templatePath = path.resolve(__dirname, 'src');
const destinationPath = path.join(process.cwd(), process.argv[2]);

const copyFolderRecursive = (source, destination) => {
  if (!fs.existsSync(destination)) {
    fs.mkdirSync(destination);
  }

  const files = fs.readdirSync(source);
  files.forEach((file) => {
    const sourceFile = path.join(source, file);
    const destFile = path.join(destination, file);

    if (fs.lstatSync(sourceFile).isDirectory()) {
      copyFolderRecursive(sourceFile, destFile);
    } else {
      fs.copyFileSync(sourceFile, destFile);
    }
  });
};

const createProject = () => {
  try {
    copyFolderRecursive(templatePath, destinationPath);

    console.log('Project structure created successfully!');
    console.log('Installing dependencies...');

    const npmInstall = spawnSync('npm', ['install'], { cwd: destinationPath, stdio: 'inherit' });

    if (npmInstall.error) {
      throw npmInstall.error;
    }

    console.log('Dependencies installed successfully!');
    console.log('Your project is ready to go.');
  } catch (error) {
    console.error('Error while creating project:', error);
    process.exit(1);
  }
};

createProject();