Answers for "express for nodejs"

express js server

const express = require('express');
const app = express();
const PORT = process.env.PORT || 3000;

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}`));

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}`)

node js express

// node js -> express -> basic example: static folder, 404 page

const express = require('express');
const path = require('path');
const PORT = process.env.PORT || 5000;

const app = express();

function error404(req, res) {
  res.status(404);

  if (req.accepts('html')) {
    res.sendFile(path.join(__dirname, 'public/errors/404.html'));
    return;
  }

  if (req.accepts('json')) {
    res.send({
      status: 404,
      error: 'Not found'
    });
    return;
  }
  
  res.type('txt').send('404 - Not found');
}

app
  .use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'public')))
  .use(error404)
  .listen(PORT, () => console.log(`Listening on ${ PORT }`));

node express

npm install express --save