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-{
-  "name": "hng_boilerplate_expressjs",
-  "version": "1.0.0",
-  "description": "",
-  "main": "index.js",
-  "scripts": {
-    "start:dev": "ts-node-dev --respawn --transpile-only ./src/index",
-    "start": "ts-node src/index.ts",
-    "build": "tsc",
-    "test": "jest",
-    "typeorm": "typeorm-ts-node-commonjs"
-  },
-  "keywords": [],
-  "author": "",
-  "license": "ISC",
-  "devDependencies": {
-    "@types/bcryptjs": "^2.4.6",
-    "@types/express": "^4.17.21",
-    "@types/jest": "^29.5.12",
-    "@types/node": "^16.11.10",
-    "@types/supertest": "^6.0.2",
-    "ts-node": "10.9.1",
-    "typescript": "4.5.2"
-  },
-  "dependencies": {
-    "@types/config": "^3.3.4",
-    "bcryptjs": "^2.4.3",
-    "class-validator": "^0.14.1",
-    "config": "^3.3.12",
-    "dayjs": "^1.11.12",
-    "dotenv": "^16.4.5",
-    "express": "^4.19.2",
-    "jest": "^29.7.0",
-    "pg": "^8.4.0",
-    "pino": "^9.3.1",
-    "pino-pretty": "^11.2.1",
-    "reflect-metadata": "^0.1.13",
-    "supertest": "^7.0.0",
-    "ts-jest": "^29.2.3",
-    "ts-node-dev": "^2.0.0",
-    "typeorm": "0.3.20"
-  }
-}