server.js

// Get dependencies
var express = require('express');
var path = require('path');
var http = require('http');
var bodyParser = require('body-parser');
var cookieParser = require('cookie-parser');
var logger = require('morgan');
var mongoose = require('mongoose');

// import the routing file to handle the default (index) route
var index = require('./server/routes/app');
const messageRoutes = require('./server/routes/messages');
const contactRoutes = require('./server/routes/contacts');
const documentsRoutes = require('./server/routes/documents');

// ... ADD CODE TO IMPORT YOUR ROUTING FILES HERE ...

var app = express(); // create an instance of express

// Tell express to use the following parsers for POST data
app.use(bodyParser.json());
app.use(
  bodyParser.urlencoded({
    extended: false,
  })
);
app.use(cookieParser());

app.use(logger('dev')); // Tell express to use the Morgan logger

// Add support for CORS
app.use((req, res, next) => {
  res.setHeader('Access-Control-Allow-Origin', '*');
  res.setHeader('Access-Control-Allow-Headers', 'Origin, X-Requested-With, Content-Type, Accept');
  res.setHeader('Access-Control-Allow-Methods', 'GET, POST, PATCH, PUT, DELETE, OPTIONS');
  next();
});

// Tell express to use the specified director as the
// root directory for your web site
app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'dist/cms/browser')));

// Tell express to map the default route ('/') to the index route
app.use('/', index);
app.use('/messages', messageRoutes);
app.use('/contacts', contactRoutes);
app.use('/documents', documentsRoutes);

// ... ADD YOUR CODE TO MAP YOUR URL'S TO ROUTING FILES HERE ...

// establish a connection to the mongo database
async function connectDB() {
  try {
    await mongoose.connect('mongodb://localhost:27017/wdd430-cms');
    console.log('MongoDB connected');
  } catch (err) {
    console.log('Connection failed: ' + err);
  }
}
connectDB();

// Tell express to map all other non-defined routes back to the index page
app.use((req, res) => {
  res.sendFile(path.join(__dirname, 'dist/cms/browser/index.html'));
});

// Define the port address and tell express to use this port
const port = process.env.PORT || '3000';
app.set('port', port);

// Create HTTP server.
const server = http.createServer(app);

// Tell the server to start listening on the provided port
server.listen(port, function () {
  console.log('API running on localhost: ' + port);
});