Basic RESTful API (4 Weeks) 🚀

A professional-grade REST API implementation showcasing enterprise security features and best practices. Built over 4 weeks with focus on security, scalability, and maintainability.

🛡️ Security Features

API Key Authentication

• Header-based authentication
• Secure key validation
• Environment-based configuration

curl -H "X-API-Key: your-api-key" http://localhost:3000/api/health

Rate Limiting

• Request throttling
• Redis support for production
• Configurable limits

{
  "RateLimit-Limit": "100",
  "RateLimit-Remaining": "99",
  "RateLimit-Reset": "60"
}

XSS Prevention

• Input sanitization
• HTML/Script stripping
• Safe output encoding

// Input: <script>alert("xss")</script>John<p>Test</p>
// Output: "John"

Security Headers

• Content Security Policy (CSP)
• HSTS
• XSS Protection
• Frame Options
• And more...

🚀 Quick Start

1. Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/basic-restful-api.git
cd basic-restful-api

2. Install dependencies

npm install

3. Set up environment variables

cp .env.example .env
# Edit .env with your settings

4. Start the server

npm run dev

5. View API documentation

http://localhost:3000/api-docs

🧪 Testing

Run the test suite:

npm test

Run security checks:

npm run security-demo

📚 Documentation

• Security Implementation
• Development Log
• Project Status
• Demo Highlights

🔒 Security Best Practices

• ✅ API Key Authentication
• ✅ Rate Limiting
• ✅ Input Sanitization
• ✅ XSS Prevention
• ✅ Security Headers
• ✅ Error Handling
• ✅ Input Validation
• ✅ Secure Defaults

🛠️ Development

Prerequisites

• Node.js 18+
• npm or yarn
• Redis (optional, for production)

Project Structure

.
├── src/
│   ├── config/         # Configuration files
│   ├── middleware/     # Custom middleware
│   ├── routes/         # API routes
│   └── types/          # TypeScript types
├── docs/              # Documentation
├── scripts/          # Utility scripts
└── tests/           # Test suites

Available Scripts

• npm run dev: Start development server
• npm test: Run test suite
• npm run build: Build for production
• npm run security-demo: Run security demonstration
• npm run lint: Run linter
• npm run format: Format code

📈 Project Timeline

Week 1: Foundation

• ✅ Project setup
• ✅ Basic API structure
• ✅ TypeScript configuration

Week 2: Security Implementation

• ✅ API key authentication
• ✅ Rate limiting
• ✅ Security headers

Week 3: Input Validation

• ✅ Request sanitization
• ✅ XSS prevention
• ✅ Error handling

Week 4: Documentation & Testing

• ✅ API documentation
• ✅ Security testing
• ✅ Performance optimization

🤝 Contributing

1. Fork the repository
2. Create your feature branch
3. Commit your changes
4. Push to the branch
5. Create a Pull Request

📝 License

This project is ISC licensed. See the LICENSE file for details.

👥 Contact

• GitHub: @lovingthemoo
• Email: lovingthemoo@gmail.com

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