urlshortener/server.js

'use strict';

const express = require('express'),
      mongo = require('mongodb'),
      mongoose = require('mongoose'),
      cors = require('cors'),
      app = express();

// Basic Configuration 
const port = process.env.PORT || 3000;

/** this project needs a db !! **/ 
mongoose.connect(process.env.MONGOLAB_URI, { useMongoClient: true });


app.use(cors());

/** this project needs to parse POST bodies **/
// you should mount the body-parser here

app.use('/public', express.static(`${process.cwd()}/public`));

app.get('/', (req, res) => {
  res.sendFile(`${process.cwd()}/views/index.html`);
});

  
// your first API endpoint... 
app.get("/api/hello", (req, res) => {
  res.json({greeting: 'hello API'});
});


app.listen(port, () => {
  console.log('Node.js listening ...');
});