express examples

Example 1: express hello world

//to run : node filename.js
const express = require('express')
const app = express()
const port = 3000

app.get('/', (req, res) => res.send('Hello World!'))

app.listen(port, () => console.log(`Example app listening at http://localhost:${port}`))

//visit localhost:3000
// assuming you have done 1) npm init 2) npm install express

Example 2: sample express app

const express = require('express')
const app = express()
const port = 3000

app.get('/', (req, res) => res.send('Hello World!'))

app.listen(port, () => console.log(`Example app listening at http://localhost:${port}`))

Example 3: node js express

basic server

const express =require('express');
const app = express();
const PORT = 5000;


app.get('/',(req,res)=>{
   res.json({message: 'Welcome to the backend'})
})


app.listen(PORT ,()=>console.log(`Connected to ${PORT}`)