Node.js Express Starter App

server.js

var express = require('express');

/*** 		Application Setup		***/

//Create express app
var app = express();

// Set up body parser for retrieval of POST data
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: true }));
app.use(bodyParser.json());

// Load application settings
var port = process.env.PORT || 8000;

/*** 		API bindings 			***/

// Create a router for API calls
var router = express.Router();

// Middleware to attach generic processing to all calls
router.use(function(req, res, next) {
	//TODO: attach logging here
	//TODO: attach security here
	console.log("API Request");
	next();
});

// API test route
router.get('/', function(req, res) {
	res.json({ message: 'API ok' });
});

/*** 		Application Logic		***/

// Bind exit event to finalize database
process.on('exit', function(code) {
	console.log("Exiting server");
	db.close();
});

// Bind API router to /api path
app.use('/api', router);
//Bind static folder
app.use(express.static(__dirname + '/static'));

// Start the server
app.listen(port);
console.log("Server running at http://127.0.0.1:" + port);