nodejs running express server code example

Example 1: simple express server

const express = require('express');
const app = express();
const mongoose = require('mongoose');
const bodyParser = require('body-parser');

app.use(bodyParser.json());
const PORT = process.env.PORT || 3000;

app.use(bodyParser.json());

//connecting to db
try {
    mongoose.connect('mongodb://localhost/YOUR_DB_NAME', {
        useNewUrlParser: true,
        useUnifiedTopology: true,
      	useCreateIndex: true,
      }, () =>
      console.log("connected"));
  } catch (error) {
    console.log("could not connect");
  }

app.get('/', (req, res) => {
  res.send('<h1>Some HTML</h1>');
  res.send('<p>Even more HTML</p>');
});



app.listen(PORT, () => console.log(`Server is listening on port ${PORT}`));

Example 2: create express server local

// create directory

//npm init -y
//npm i express --save

//create public directory
//create server.js

// <---- In the server js file --->

'use strict';

const express = require('express');
const app = express();
app.use(express.static('public'));// to connect with frontend html
app.use(express.json());//body parse

app.get('/', function(req,res){
	res.send('This is the Homepage');
  	//res.sendFile('index.html');
});

app.listen(3000);