+ Added dotenv + The actual boilerplate

.env

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+SERVER_PORT=6950
+SERVER_HOST=0.0.0.0

README.md

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+## Description
+A boilerplate for `ExpressJS` using `TypeScript`
+
+## Dev Running
+```bash
+# Run the following command in the root of the folder
+nodemon .\src\app.ts`
+```
+
+## Building
+```bash
+# Run the following command in the root of the folder
+npm build
+```

package-lock.json

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       "version": "1.0.0",
       "license": "ISC",
       "dependencies": {
-        "body-parser": "^1.19.0",
         "dotenv": "^10.0.0",
         "express": "^4.17.1",
         "npm": "^7.14.0"

package.json

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 {
   "dependencies": {
-    "body-parser": "^1.19.0",
     "dotenv": "^10.0.0",
     "express": "^4.17.1",
     "npm": "^7.14.0"
   },
-  "name": "shopperaserver2",
+  "name": "boilerplate",
   "version": "1.0.0",
   "main": "./src/app.js",
   "devDependencies": {

src/app.ts

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+// #region Imports
+    import http from 'http';
+    import express from 'express';
+    import config from './config/config';
+
+    // Routes
+    import sampleRoutes from './routes/Sample';
+
+//#endregion
+
+const NAMESPACE = `🦝`;
+const router    = express();
+
+
+router.use((req, res, next) => {
+    // Log the request to the server
+    console.info(NAMESPACE, `METHOD: [${req.method}], URL: [${req.url}], IP: [${req.socket.remoteAddress}]`);
+
+    res.on(`finish`, () => {
+        console.info(NAMESPACE, `METHOD: [${req.method}], URL: [${req.url}], IP: [${req.socket.remoteAddress}], STATUS: ${res.statusCode}`);
+    })
+
+    next();
+
+})
+
+// Parse the request
+router.use(express.urlencoded({ extended: false }));
+router.use(express.json({strict: false}));
+
+// API Rules
+router.use((req, res, next) => {
+    res.header(`Access-Control-Allow-Origin`, `*`);
+    res.header(`Access-Control-Allow-Headers`, `Origin, X-Request-With, Content-Type, Accept, Authorization`);
+
+    if ( req.method == 'OPTIONS' ) {
+        res.header(`Access-Control-Allow-Methods`, 'GET PATCH DELETE POST PUT');
+        return res.send(200).json({});
+    }
+
+    next();
+})
+
+// Routing
+
+router.use('/sample', sampleRoutes);
+
+{ // Error handling
+    router.use((req, res, next) => {
+        const error = new Error(`Api Route Not Found`);
+
+        return res.status(404).json({
+            message: error.message
+        })
+
+    });
+}
+
+const httpServer = http.createServer(router);
+httpServer.listen(config.server.port, () => {
+    console.info(NAMESPACE, `Server Running on Port ${config.server.hostname}:${config.server.port}`)
+})
+

src/config/config.ts

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+// Imports
+import dotenv from "dotenv";
+
+// Load in the dotconfig configuration
+dotenv.config();
+
+// The server's port
+const SERVER_HOSTNAME : string = process.env.SERVER_HOSTNAME || '0.0.0.0';
+const SERVER_PORT     : string = process.env.SERVER_PORT || '6990';
+
+// Server configuration
+const SERVER = {
+    hostname: SERVER_HOSTNAME,
+    port:     SERVER_PORT,
+};
+
+// The whole configuration
+const config = {
+    server: SERVER
+};
+
+export default config;

src/controllers/Sample.ts

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+import { Request, Response, NextFunction } from 'express';
+
+const NAMESPACE = `Sample Controller`;
+
+/**
+ * /ping
+ */
+const sampleHealthCheck = (req : Request, res : Response, next: NextFunction ) => {
+    console.info(NAMESPACE, `CheckHealth Called`);
+
+    res.status(200).json({
+        message: "Pong"
+    });
+}
+
+export default { sampleHealthCheck };

src/routes/Sample.ts

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+import express from 'express';
+import controller from '../controllers/Sample';
+
+const router = express.Router();
+
+router.get("/ping", controller.sampleHealthCheck);
+
+export = router;