running a express server starting it code example
Example 1: how to make an express server
// this is your code
// ZDev1
// first you should install express in the terminal
// `npm i express`.
const express = require('express');
const app = express();
// route
app.get('/', (req,res)=>{
// Sending This is the home page! in the page
res.send('This is the home page!');
});
// Listening to the port
let PORT = 3000;
app.listen(PORT)
// FINISH!
Example 2: 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}`));