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
*/


// Importing all the required libraries
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();
var misc = require('./misc.js');

// Using the body parser middleware to parse request body
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: false }));
app.use(bodyParser.json());


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");
});

// Importing all endpoints for articles
require('./api/articles')(app);

// Importing all endpoints for topics
require('./api/topics')(app);

// Importing all endpoints for users
require('./api/users')(app);

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

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