quick-node-server/bin/index.js

A CLI tool to generate a Node.js project with optional MongoDB setup.

#!/usr/bin/env node

import { execSync } from "child_process";
import fs from "fs";
import path from "path";
import { fileURLToPath } from "url";
import readline from "readline";
import setupMongoDB from "../lib/setupMongoDB.js";
import setupNode from "../lib/setupNode.js";

// Set __dirname (Required for ESM)
const __filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url);
const __dirname = path.dirname(__filename);

// Setup CLI Input
const rl = readline.createInterface({
  input: process.stdin,
  output: process.stdout
});

// Get project name from CLI input or set a default name
const projectName = process.argv[2] || "my-node-app";
const projectPath = path.join(process.cwd(), projectName);

console.log(`🚀 Creating Node.js project: ${projectName}...`);
fs.mkdirSync(projectPath, { recursive: true });
process.chdir(projectPath);

// Initialize package.json
execSync("npm init -y", { stdio: "ignore" });

// Modify package.json
const packageJsonPath = path.join(projectPath, "package.json");
const packageJson = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(packageJsonPath, "utf-8"));

packageJson.type = "module";
packageJson.scripts = {
  start: "node app.js",
  dev: "nodemon app.js"
};

// Write updated package.json back to file
fs.writeFileSync(packageJsonPath, JSON.stringify(packageJson, null, 2));

// Install necessary dependencies
execSync("npm install express dotenv cors", { stdio: "ignore" });

// Ask the user whether to set up MongoDB
rl.question("⚡ Do you want to set up MongoDB? (Y/N): ", (answer) => {
  const useMongoDB = answer.toLowerCase() === "y";

  if (useMongoDB) {
    setupMongoDB(rl, projectPath);
  } else {
    setupNode(rl, projectPath);
  }
});