Matterwiki/index.js

/*
This is main file which will contain all of our endpoints.
Once we have enough endpoints defined we start breaking them into modules for better code readability
*/

var express = require('express');
var bodyParser = require('body-parser'); //body parser to parse the request body
var db = require('./db.js'); //this file contains the knex file import. it's equal to knex=require('knex')
var app = express();

app.use(bodyParser());

app.get('/api',function(req,res){
  // this is just a sample endpoint I build to see if things are working
  res.send("Hey! You're looking at the matterwiki API");
});

app.post('/new/article',function(req,res){
  /*
  This endpoint takes the article title and article body from the request body.
  It then saves those values in the database using the insert query.
  After the operation is complete the endpoint returns the success object.
  TODO: create formal guidelines for different object structures and follow that throughout the API.
  */
  db('articles').insert({title: req.body.title, body: req.body.body}).then( function (result) {
      res.json({ success: true, message: 'ok' });     // responds back to request
   })
});

app.use(express.static(__dirname + '/client'));

app.listen(5000 || process.env.PORT, function(){
  console.log("The magic is happening on port 5000");
});