# 💡 Contributing Thanks a lot for your interest in contributing to **Thream/api**! 🎉 ## Code of Conduct **Thream** has adopted the [Contributor Covenant](https://www.contributor-covenant.org/) as its Code of Conduct, and we expect project participants to adhere to it. Please read [the full text](./CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md) so that you can understand what actions will and will not be tolerated. ## Open Development All work on **Thream/api** happens directly on [GitHub](https://github.com/Thream). Both core team members and external contributors send pull requests which go through the same review process. ## Types of contributions - Reporting a bug. - Suggest a new feature idea. - Correct spelling errors, improvements or additions to documentation files. - Improve structure/format/performance/refactor/tests of the code. ## Pull Requests - **Please first discuss** the change you wish to make via issues. - Ensure your code respect linting. - Make sure your **code passes the tests**. If you're adding new features to **Thream/api**, please include tests. ## Commits The commit message guidelines adheres to [Conventional Commits](https://www.conventionalcommits.org/) and [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/) for releases. ### Examples ```sh git commit -m "feat: add POST /users/signup" git commit -m "docs(readme): update installation process" git commit -m "fix: should emit events to connected users" ``` ## Directory Structure ```text ├── email ├── prisma └── src ├── models ├── scripts ├── services ├── tools └── typings ``` ### Each folder explained - `email` : email template(s) and translation(s) - `prisma` : contains the prisma schema and migrations - `src` : all source files - `models` : models that represent tables in database as JSON schema - `scripts` : scripts - `services` : all REST API endpoints - `tools` : configs and utilities - `typings` : types gloablly used in the project ### Services folder explained with an example We have API REST services for the `channels`. Here is what potentially look like a folder structure for this service: ```text └── src └── services └── channels ├── __test__ │ └── get.test.ts ├── [channelId] │ ├── __test__ │ │ ├── delete.test.ts │ │ └── put.test.ts │ ├── delete.ts │ ├── index.ts │ └── put.ts ├── get.ts └── index.ts ``` This folder structure will map to these REST API routes: - GET `/channels` - DELETE `/channels/:channelId` - PUT `/channels/:channelId` The folders after `src/services` : is the real path of the routes in the API except folders starting and ending with `__` like `__test__` or `__utils__`. The filenames correspond to the HTTP methods used (`get`, `post`, `put`, `delete`). You can generate the boilerplate code for a new service with the `npm run generate` command.