yarn init -y
yarn add tsoa express 
yarn add -D typescript @types/node @types/express
yarn run tsc --init

yarn add inversify-binding-decorators inversify reflect-metadata 
yarn add bcrypt jsonwebtoken crypto-js
yarn add -D @types/bcrypt @types/jsonwebtoken 
yarn add mongodb mongoose

yarn add  cookie-parser
yarn add -D @types/cookie-parser
yarn add swagger-ui-express
yarn add -D @types/swagger-ui-express

yarn add nodemon
yarn add -D concurrently

create tsoa.json

update tsconfig.json

1. set "resolveJsonModule": true to allow importing JSON files
2. set "experimentalDecorators": true and "emitDecoratorMetadata": true to allow annotations.
3. "incremental": true
4. "types": ["reflect-metadata"],
5. "sourceMap": true
6. "target": "es6"

update package.json

change "main": "build/server.js" add scripts

 "scripts": {
    "dev": "concurrently \"nodemon\" \"nodemon -x tsoa spec-and-routes\"",
    "dev:docker": "concurrently \"nodemon\" \"nodemon -x tsoa spec-and-routes\"",
    "build": "tsoa spec-and-routes && tsc"
  }

run yarn build to build the routes required by Swagger docs.

add "proxy": "http://tutlid-api:8000", in package.json to allow relative path for API //TODO elaborate