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NestJS

Original author(s)	Kamil Myśliwiec
Developer(s)	Open-source community
Initial release	February 16, 2018 (2018-02-16)
Repository	github.com/nestjs/nest
Written in	JavaScript, TypeScript, and Rust
Platform	Node.js, Web platform
Size	17.0 MB
Type	Web application framework
License	MIT License
Website	nestjs.com

NestJS is a dynamic & backend web application Node.js framework [1] It is mainly designed for building web applications and APIs.

History

NestJS is an MIT-licensed open source project.

Features

• Robust,
• Powerful,
• Scalable server-side applications,
• Stop reinventing the wheel.
  

Popularity

NestJS is used by

• GitLab,
• Red Hat,
• BNW,
• IBM

Example

Handlers often need access to the client request details. Nest provides access to the request object of the underlying platform (Express by default).

import { Controller, Get, Req } from '@nestjs/common';
import { Request } from 'express';

@Controller('cats')
export class CatsController {
  @Get()
  findAll(@Req() request: Request): string {
    return 'This action returns all cats';
  }
}

We can access the request object by instructing Nest to inject it by adding the @Req() decorator to the handler's signature.