Express

Express.js REST API.

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What you can build with it

Webhooks and integrations
Small JSON APIs for other apps
Glue services between tools

What's inside

Express app in TypeScript
Example REST routes

Before you deploy

Make sure your app reads the PORT environment variable. The platform sets PORT=8080.

Source

github.com/vercel/vercel/tree/main/examples/express

Start with your AI

Paste this into Claude Code, Cursor, Codex or another AI coding assistant. It copies the template into your own private repo, deploys it to Elula and gives you the live URL.

Start a new project from the Express template at https://github.com/vercel/vercel/tree/main/examples/express and deploy it to Elula: copy the folder into a new private GitHub repo, install the Elula CLI if needed, then run elula init and elula deploy --no-wait. A deploy takes a few minutes: run elula status --wait 60 until it says Live, and tell me which step it's on each time. Run elula docs if anything is unclear. Give me the live URL.

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Deploy on Elula

Prefer the terminal? Start your own private copy and ship it with the CLI.

npx degit vercel/vercel/examples/express#main my-express
cd my-express && git init && git add -A && git commit -m "Start from the Express template"
gh repo create my-express --private --source . --push
elula init
elula deploy

Deploy from the dashboard Install the CLI

Clone the repo

Grab just this template's folder and run it locally.

git clone --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --sparse -b main https://github.com/vercel/vercel.git
cd vercel && git sparse-checkout set examples/express
cd examples/express