server.js

// Dependencies
// =============================================================
var cool = require('cool-ascii-faces');
var express = require("express");
var bodyParser = require("body-parser");
var path = require("path");

// Sets up the Express App
// =============================================================
var app = express();
var PORT = process.env.PORT;




// Sets up the Express app to handle data parsing
app.use(bodyParser.json());
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: true }));
app.use(bodyParser.text());
app.use(bodyParser.json({ type: "application/vnd.api+json" }));




// ================================================================================
// ROUTER
// The below points our server to a series of "route" files.
// These routes give our server a "map" of how to respond when users visit or request data from various URLs.
// ================================================================================
require("./app/routing/apiRoutes")(app);
require("./app/routing/htmlRoutes")(app);


// Starts the server to begin listening
// =============================================================
app.listen(PORT, function() {
  console.log("App listening on PORT " + PORT);
});