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# Node.js Backend Patterns

Comprehensive guidance for building scalable, maintainable, and production-ready Node.js backend applications with modern frameworks, architectural patterns, and best practices.

## When to Use This Skill

- Building REST APIs or GraphQL servers
- Creating microservices with Node.js
- Implementing authentication and authorization
- Designing scalable backend architectures
- Setting up middleware and error handling
- Integrating databases (SQL and NoSQL)
- Building real-time applications with WebSockets
- Implementing background job processing

## Core Frameworks

### Express.js - Minimalist Framework

**Basic Setup:**

```typescript
import express, { Request, Response, NextFunction } from "express";
import helmet from "helmet";
import cors from "cors";
import compression from "compression";

const app = express();

// Security middleware
app.use(helmet());
app.use(cors({ origin: process.env.ALLOWED_ORIGINS?.split(",") }));
app.use(compression());

// Body parsing
app.use(express.json({ limit: "10mb" }));
app.use(express.urlencoded({ extended: true, limit: "10mb" }));

// Request logging
app.use((req: Request, res: Response, next: NextFunction) => {
  console.log(`${req.method} ${req.path}`);
  next();
});

const PORT = process.env.PORT || 3000;
app.listen(PORT, () => {
  console.log(`Server running on port ${PORT}`);
});
```

### Fastify - High Performance Framework

**Basic Setup:**

```typescript
import Fastify from "fastify";
import helmet from "@fastify/helmet";
import cors from "@fastify/cors";
import compress from "@fastify/compress";

const fastify = Fastify({
  logger: {
    level: process.env.LOG_LEVEL || "info",
    transport: {
      target: "pino-pretty",
      options: { colorize: true },
    },
  },
});

// Plugins
await fastify.register(helmet);
await fastify.register(cors, { origin: true });
await fastify.register(compress);

// Type-safe routes with schema validation
fastify.post<{
  Body: { name: string; email: string };
  Reply: { id: string; name: string };
}>(
  "/users",
  {
    schema: {
      body: {
        type: "object",
        required: ["name", "email"],
        properties: {
          name: { type: "string", minLength: 1 },
          email: { type: "string", format: "email" },
        },
      },
    },
  },
  async (request, reply) => {
    const { name, email } = request.body;
    return { id: "123", name };
  },
);

await fastify.listen({ port: 3000, host: "0.0.0.0" });
```

## Architectural Patterns

### Pattern 1: Layered Architecture

**Structure:**

```
src/
├── controllers/     # Handle HTTP requests/responses
├── services/        # Business logic
├── repositories/    # Data access layer
├── models/          # Data models
├── middleware/      # Express/Fastify middleware
├── routes/          # Route definitions
├── utils/           # Helper functions
├── config/          # Configuration
└── types/           # TypeScript types
```

**Controller Layer:**

```typescript
// controllers/user.controller.ts
import { Request, Response, NextFunction } from "express";
import { UserService } from "../services/user.service";
import { CreateUserDTO, UpdateUserDTO } from "../types/user.types";

export class UserController {
  constructor(private userService: UserService) {}

async createUser(req: Request, res: Response, next: NextFunction) {
    try {
      const userData: CreateUserDTO = req.body;
      const user = await this.userService.createUser(userData);
      res.status(201).json(user);
    } catch (error) {
      next(error);
    }
  }

async getUser(req: Request, res: Response, next: NextFunction) {
    try {
      const { id } = req.params;
      const user = await this.userService.getUserById(id);
      res.json(user);
    } catch (error) {
      next(error);
    }
  }

async updateUser(req: Request, res: Response, next: NextFunction) {
    try {
      const { id } = req.params;
      const updates: UpdateUserDTO = req.body;
      const user = await this.userService.updateUser(id, updates);
      res.json(user);
    } catch (error) {
      next(error);
    }
  }

async deleteUser(req: Request, res: Response, next: NextFunction) {
    try {
      const { id } = req.params;
      await this.userService.deleteUser(id);
      res.status(204).send();
    } catch (error) {
      next(error);
    }
  }
}
```

**Service Layer:**

```typescript
// services/user.service.ts
import { UserRepository } from "../repositories/user.repository";
import { CreateUserDTO, UpdateUserDTO, User } from "../types/user.types";
import { NotFoundError, ValidationError } from "../utils/errors";
import bcrypt from "bcrypt";

export class UserService {
  constructor(private userRepository: UserRepository) {}

async createUser(userData: CreateUserDTO): Promise<User> {
    // Validation
    const existingUser = await this.userRepository.findByEmail(userData.email);
    if (existingUser) {
      throw new ValidationError("Email already exists");
    }

// Hash password
    const hashedPassword = await bcrypt.hash(userData.password, 10);

// Create user
    const user = await this.userRepository.create({
      ...userData,
      password: hashedPassword,
    });

// Remove password from response
    const { password, ...userWithoutPassword } = user;
    return userWithoutPassword as User;
  }

async getUserById(id: string): Promise<User> {
    const user = await this.userRepository.findById(id);
    if (!user) {
      throw new NotFoundError("User not found");
    }
    const { password, ...userWithoutPassword } = user;
    return userWithoutPassword as User;
  }

async updateUser(id: string, updates: UpdateUserDTO): Promise<User> {
    const user = await this.userRepository.update(id, updates);
    if (!user) {
      throw new NotFoundError("User not found");
    }
    const { password, ...userWithoutPassword } = user;
    return userWithoutPassword as User;
  }

async deleteUser(id: string): Promise<void> {
    const deleted = await this.userRepository.delete(id);
    if (!deleted) {
      throw new NotFoundError("User not found");
    }
  }
}
```

**Repository Layer:**

```typescript
// repositories/user.repository.ts
import { Pool } from "pg";
import { CreateUserDTO, UpdateUserDTO, UserEntity } from "../types/user.types";

export class UserRepository {
  constructor(private db: Pool) {}

async create(
    userData: CreateUserDTO & { password: string },
  ): Promise<UserEntity> {
    const query = `
      INSERT INTO users (name, email, password)
      VALUES ($1, $2, $3)
      RETURNING id, name, email, password, created_at, updated_at
    `;
    const { rows } = await this.db.query(query, [
      userData.name,
      userData.email,
      userData.password,
    ]);
    return rows[0];
  }

async findById(id: string): Promise<UserEntity | null> {
    const query = "SELECT * FROM users WHERE id = $1";
    const { rows } = await this.db.query(query, [id]);
    return rows[0] || null;
  }

async findByEmail(email: string): Promise<UserEntity | null> {
    const query = "SELECT * FROM users WHERE email = $1";
    const { rows } = await this.db.query(query, [email]);
    return rows[0] || null;
  }

async update(id: string, updates: UpdateUserDTO): Promise<UserEntity | null> {
    const fields = Object.keys(updates);
    const values = Object.values(updates);

const setClause = fields
      .map((field, idx) => `${field} = $${idx + 2}`)
      .join(", ");

const query = `
      UPDATE users
      SET ${setClause}, updated_at = CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
      WHERE id = $1
      RETURNING *
    `;

const { rows } = await this.db.query(query, [id, ...values]);
    return rows[0] || null;
  }

async delete(id: string): Promise<boolean> {
    const query = "DELETE FROM users WHERE id = $1";
    const { rowCount } = await this.db.query(query, [id]);
    return rowCount > 0;
  }
}
```

### Pattern 2: Dependency Injection

**DI Container:**

```typescript
// di-container.ts
import { Pool } from "pg";
import { UserRepository } from "./repositories/user.repository";
import { UserService } from "./services/user.service";
import { UserController } from "./controllers/user.controller";
import { AuthService } from "./services/auth.service";

class Container {
  private instances = new Map<string, any>();

resolve<T>(key: string): T {
    const factory = this.instances.get(key);
    if (!factory) {
      throw new Error(`No factory registered for ${key}`);
    }
    return factory();
  }

singleton<T>(key: string, factory: () => T): void {
    let instance: T;
    this.instances.set(key, () => {
      if (!instance) {
        instance = factory();
      }
      return instance;
    });
  }
}

export const container = new Container();

// Register dependencies
container.singleton(
  "db",
  () =>
    new Pool({
      host: process.env.DB_HOST,
      port: parseInt(process.env.DB_PORT || "5432"),
      database: process.env.DB_NAME,
      user: process.env.DB_USER,
      password: process.env.DB_PASSWORD,
      max: 20,
      idleTimeoutMillis: 30000,
      connectionTimeoutMillis: 2000,
    }),
);

container.singleton(
  "userRepository",
  () => new UserRepository(container.resolve("db")),
);

container.singleton(
  "userService",
  () => new UserService(container.resolve("userRepository")),
);

container.register(
  "userController",
  () => new UserController(container.resolve("userService")),
);

container.singleton(
  "authService",
  () => new AuthService(container.resolve("userRepository")),
);
```

## Middleware Patterns

### Authentication Middleware

```typescript
// middleware/auth.middleware.ts
import { Request, Response, NextFunction } from "express";
import jwt from "jsonwebtoken";
import { UnauthorizedError } from "../utils/errors";

interface JWTPayload {
  userId: string;
  email: string;
}

declare global {
  namespace Express {
    interface Request {
      user?: JWTPayload;
    }
  }
}

export const authenticate = async (
  req: Request,
  res: Response,
  next: NextFunction,
) => {
  try {
    const token = req.headers.authorization?.replace("Bearer ", "");

if (!token) {
      throw new UnauthorizedError("No token provided");
    }

const payload = jwt.verify(token, process.env.JWT_SECRET!) as JWTPayload;

req.user = payload;
    next();
  } catch (error) {
    next(new UnauthorizedError("Invalid token"));
  }
};

export const authorize = (...roles: string[]) => {
  return async (req: Request, res: Response, next: NextFunction) => {
    if (!req.user) {
      return next(new UnauthorizedError("Not authenticated"));
    }

// Check if user has required role
    const hasRole = roles.some((role) => req.user?.roles?.includes(role));

if (!hasRole) {
      return next(new UnauthorizedError("Insufficient permissions"));
    }

next();
  };
};
```

### Validation Middleware

```typescript
// middleware/validation.middleware.ts
import { Request, Response, NextFunction } from "express";
import { AnyZodObject, ZodError } from "zod";
import { ValidationError } from "../utils/errors";

export const validate = (schema: AnyZodObject) => {
  return async (req: Request, res: Response, next: NextFunction) => {
    try {
      await schema.parseAsync({
        body: req.body,
        query: req.query,
        params: req.params,
      });
      next();
    } catch (error) {
      if (error instanceof ZodError) {
        const errors = error.errors.map((err) => ({
          field: err.path.join("."),
          message: err.message,
        }));
        next(new ValidationError("Validation failed", errors));
      } else {
        next(error);
      }
    }
  };
};

// Usage with Zod
import { z } from "zod";

const createUserSchema = z.object({
  body: z.object({
    name: z.string().min(1),
    email: z.string().email(),
    password: z.string().min(8),
  }),
});

router.post("/users", validate(createUserSchema), userController.createUser);
```

### Rate Limiting Middleware

```typescript
// middleware/rate-limit.middleware.ts
import rateLimit from "express-rate-limit";
import RedisStore from "rate-limit-redis";
import Redis from "ioredis";

const redis = new Redis({
  host: process.env.REDIS_HOST,
  port: parseInt(process.env.REDIS_PORT || "6379"),
});

export const apiLimiter = rateLimit({
  store: new RedisStore({
    client: redis,
    prefix: "rl:",
  }),
  windowMs: 15 * 60 * 1000, // 15 minutes
  max: 100, // Limit each IP to 100 requests per windowMs
  message: "Too many requests from this IP, please try again later",
  standardHeaders: true,
  legacyHeaders: false,
});

export const authLimiter = rateLimit({
  store: new RedisStore({
    client: redis,
    prefix: "rl:auth:",
  }),
  windowMs: 15 * 60 * 1000,
  max: 5, // Stricter limit for auth endpoints
  skipSuccessfulRequests: true,
});
```

### Request Logging Middleware

```typescript
// middleware/logger.middleware.ts
import { Request, Response, NextFunction } from "express";
import pino from "pino";

const logger = pino({
  level: process.env.LOG_LEVEL || "info",
  transport: {
    target: "pino-pretty",
    options: { colorize: true },
  },
});

export const requestLogger = (
  req: Request,
  res: Response,
  next: NextFunction,
) => {
  const start = Date.now();

// Log response when finished
  res.on("finish", () => {
    const duration = Date.now() - start;
    logger.info({
      method: req.method,
      url: req.url,
      status: res.statusCode,
      duration: `${duration}ms`,
      userAgent: req.headers["user-agent"],
      ip: req.ip,
    });
  });

next();
};

export { logger };
```

## Error Handling

### Custom Error Classes

```typescript
// utils/errors.ts
export class AppError extends Error {
  constructor(
    public message: string,
    public statusCode: number = 500,
    public isOperational: boolean = true,
  ) {
    super(message);
    Object.setPrototypeOf(this, AppError.prototype);
    Error.captureStackTrace(this, this.constructor);
  }
}

export class ValidationError extends AppError {
  constructor(
    message: string,
    public errors?: any[],
  ) {
    super(message, 400);
  }
}

export class NotFoundError extends AppError {
  constructor(message: string = "Resource not found") {
    super(message, 404);
  }
}

export class UnauthorizedError extends AppError {
  constructor(message: string = "Unauthorized") {
    super(message, 401);
  }
}

export class ForbiddenError extends AppError {
  constructor(message: string = "Forbidden") {
    super(message, 403);
  }
}

export class ConflictError extends AppError {
  constructor(message: string) {
    super(message, 409);
  }
}
```

### Global Error Handler

```typescript
// middleware/error-handler.ts
import { Request, Response, NextFunction } from "express";
import { AppError } from "../utils/errors";
import { logger } from "./logger.middleware";

export const errorHandler = (
  err: Error,
  req: Request,
  res: Response,
  next: NextFunction,
) => {
  if (err instanceof AppError) {
    return res.status(err.statusCode).json({
      status: "error",
      message: err.message,
      ...(err instanceof ValidationError && { errors: err.errors }),
    });
  }

// Log unexpected errors
  logger.error({
    error: err.message,
    stack: err.stack,
    url: req.url,
    method: req.method,
  });

// Don't leak error details in production
  const message =
    process.env.NODE_ENV === "production"
      ? "Internal server error"
      : err.message;

res.status(500).json({
    status: "error",
    message,
  });
};

// Async error wrapper
export const asyncHandler = (
  fn: (req: Request, res: Response, next: NextFunction) => Promise<any>,
) => {
  return (req: Request, res: Response, next: NextFunction) => {
    Promise.resolve(fn(req, res, next)).catch(next);
  };
};
```

## Database Patterns

### PostgreSQL with Connection Pool

```typescript
// config/database.ts
import { Pool, PoolConfig } from "pg";

const poolConfig: PoolConfig = {
  host: process.env.DB_HOST,
  port: parseInt(process.env.DB_PORT || "5432"),
  database: process.env.DB_NAME,
  user: process.env.DB_USER,
  password: process.env.DB_PASSWORD,
  max: 20,
  idleTimeoutMillis: 30000,
  connectionTimeoutMillis: 2000,
};

export const pool = new Pool(poolConfig);

// Test connection
pool.on("connect", () => {
  console.log("Database connected");
});

pool.on("error", (err) => {
  console.error("Unexpected database error", err);
  process.exit(-1);
});

// Graceful shutdown
export const closeDatabase = async () => {
  await pool.end();
  console.log("Database connection closed");
};
```

### MongoDB with Mongoose

```typescript
// config/mongoose.ts
import mongoose from "mongoose";

const connectDB = async () => {
  try {
    await mongoose.connect(process.env.MONGODB_URI!, {
      maxPoolSize: 10,
      serverSelectionTimeoutMS: 5000,
      socketTimeoutMS: 45000,
    });

console.log("MongoDB connected");
  } catch (error) {
    console.error("MongoDB connection error:", error);
    process.exit(1);
  }
};

mongoose.connection.on("disconnected", () => {
  console.log("MongoDB disconnected");
});

mongoose.connection.on("error", (err) => {
  console.error("MongoDB error:", err);
});

export { connectDB };

// Model example
import { Schema, model, Document } from "mongoose";

interface IUser extends Document {
  name: string;
  email: string;
  password: string;
  createdAt: Date;
  updatedAt: Date;
}

const userSchema = new Schema<IUser>(
  {
    name: { type: String, required: true },
    email: { type: String, required: true, unique: true },
    password: { type: String, required: true },
  },
  {
    timestamps: true,
  },
);

// Indexes
userSchema.index({ email: 1 });

export const User = model<IUser>("User", userSchema);
```

### Transaction Pattern

```typescript
// services/order.service.ts
import { Pool } from "pg";

export class OrderService {
  constructor(private db: Pool) {}

async createOrder(userId: string, items: any[]) {
    const client = await this.db.connect();

try {
      await client.query("BEGIN");

// Create order
      const orderResult = await client.query(
        "INSERT INTO orders (user_id, total) VALUES ($1, $2) RETURNING id",
        [userId, calculateTotal(items)],
      );
      const orderId = orderResult.rows[0].id;

// Create order items
      for (const item of items) {
        await client.query(
          "INSERT INTO order_items (order_id, product_id, quantity, price) VALUES ($1, $2, $3, $4)",
          [orderId, item.productId, item.quantity, item.price],
        );

// Update inventory
        await client.query(
          "UPDATE products SET stock = stock - $1 WHERE id = $2",
          [item.quantity, item.productId],
        );
      }

await client.query("COMMIT");
      return orderId;
    } catch (error) {
      await client.query("ROLLBACK");
      throw error;
    } finally {
      client.release();
    }
  }
}
```

## Authentication & Authorization

### JWT Authentication

```typescript
// services/auth.service.ts
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