server.js

// server.js

// BASE SETUP
// =============================================================================

// call the packages we need
var express    = require('express');        // call express
var app        = express();                 // define our app using express
var studentHandler = require('./handlers/studentHandler');
var routes = require('./routes');
var bodyParser = require('body-parser');
var cors = require('cors');
var expressValidator = require('express-validator');
var expressWinston = require('express-winston');
var winston = require('winston');
var cfg = require("config");


//var port = process.env.PORT || 8090;        // set our port
var port = 8081;        // set our port
var router = express.Router();              // get an instance of the express Router

// middleware to use for all requests
router.use(function (req, res, next) {
    // do logging
    console.log('Something is happening.');
    next(); // make sure we go to the next routes and don't stop here
});

// test route to make sure everything is working (accessed at GET http://localhost:8080/api)
router.get('/', function(req, res) {
    res.json({ message: 'Welcome to node js rest service!' });   
});


// configure app to use bodyParser()
// this will let us get the data from a POST
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: true }));
app.use(bodyParser.json());
app.use(expressValidator());
app.use(express.Router());
app.use(cors());


// REGISTER BASE ROUTES -------------------------------
// all of our routes will be prefixed with /common
app.use('/restapi', router);

//Define route handlers
var handlers = {
  student: new studentHandler()//,
  //user: new userHandler() 
};

function start() {
  routes.setup(router, handlers);
  
  // express-winston errorLogger makes sense AFTER the router. 
  app.use(expressWinston.errorLogger({
    transports: [
      new winston.transports.File({
          level: 'error',
          filename: __dirname + '/' + cfg.get("COMMON.log.logsDirectory") + '/' + cfg.get("COMMON.log.fileName"),
          handleExceptions: true,
          json: true,
          maxsize: 5242880, //5MB
          maxFiles: 5,
          colorize: false,
          timestamp:true
      }),
      new winston.transports.Console({
        json: true,
        colorize: true
      })
    ]
  }));

  app.listen(port);
  console.log("Express server listening on port %d in %s mode", port, app.settings.env);
}


exports.start = start;