This repository is a 3 in 1 boilerplate that gives you some basic examples of creating a RESTful API in NodeJS, Express, Typescript and an optional database interaction with either MySQL or Mongo.
Install the dependencies and start the server. When you clonse the respository, cd into it and cd into one of the directories to start. Whichever one you pick is where you will run the following commands below. <project_directory> is the directory you've chosen.
$ cd <project_directory>
$ npm install
$ npm start