Conduit Platform

Conduit is a NodeJS-based Backend as a Server, that aims to cut down development times by providing ready-made modules that offer common functionality out of the box, and allowing maximum flexibility to add custom functionality.

Features ✔️

• Transports: REST, GraphQL, WebSockets (via Socket.io) and gRPC
• Database support for MongoDB and PostgreSQL (alpha)
• In-memory database through Redis
• All functionalities and routes available both as REST and GraphQL endpoints
• CMS module to create and edit schemas from the admin panel and also add custom logic through the "custom endpoints" functionality
• Swagger docs and GraphQL explorer with full route documentation
• Authentication system with JWT and 2FA, supporting ServiceAccounts/API keys as well as local(username/password or email/password), oAuth(Facebook, Google, Twitch)
• Basic security built-in with Client Id/secret for all requests, rate limiting and Helmet.
• Emails with template support
• SMS for 2FA or plain SMS send
• Storage using either GCS or Azure Blob Storage (S3 coming soon)
• Chat
• Forms for basic form submission and email forwarding
• Conduit SDK can be used to add new modules or custom services
• so much more

Requirements ⚡

• NodeJS > 14
• MongoDB or PostgreSQL
• Desire to create something awesome

Running 🔨

yarn
npx lerna run build
REDIS_HOST=localhost REDIS_PORT=6379 yarn --cwd ./packages/core start
CONDUIT_SERVER=0.0.0.0:55152 SERVICE_IP=0.0.0.0:55165 yarn --cwd ./modules/database start

Then repeat the last step for every additional module you need to bring online.

CONDUIT_SERVER=0.0.0.0:55152 SERVICE_IP=0.0.0.0:PORT yarn --cwd ./modules/MODULE start

Environment Variables 📃

Core:

Variable	Description	Required	Example
REDIS_HOST	Redis address	True	localhost
REDIS_PORT	Redis port	True	6379

Database

Variable	Description	Required	Example	Default
databaseURL	database URL	False	localhost	mongodb://localhost:27017
databaseType	db engine type	False	sql	mongodb

Generic module env variables are also supported, with required ones being obligatory.

General Module

Variable	Description	Required	Example
CONDUIT_SERVER	Conduit Core's address and port	True	0.0.0.0:55152
SERVICE_IP	Always 0.0.0.0 and a port numer	True	0.0.0.0:55190
SERVICE_URL	Deprecated in v0.11, same as SERVICE_IP	True	0.0.0.0:55190
REGISTER_NAME	Set to true if running in Kubernetes	False	true

Information ℹ️

• Core HTTP Server runs at: http://localhost:3000
• Core Grpc Server runs at: localhost:55152
• Core Socket Server runs at: localhost:3001

Roadmap 🏁

• Payments module to facilitate payments with Stripe, BrainTree etc
• Custom workflows with "Actor"
• Optimization