accident-map-blog-7.js

const dotenv = require('dotenv');
const express = require('express');

// Loads environment variables
dotenv.config();
const hostname = process.env.HOSTNAME;
const port = process.env.PORT;
const gmap_api_key = process.env.GMAP_API_KEY;

// Setups the server.
var app = express();
app.set('view engine', 'ejs');

// Sets files under static/ as static files.
app.use(express.static('static'));

// Serves homepage with index.html.
app.get('/', (req, res) => {
    res.render('index', { gmap_api_key: gmap_api_key })
});

// Entry point for starting the server.
function start_server() {
    app.listen(port);
    console.log('Running server on port ' + port);
}

start_server();