Stephan Raab: backend submission

backend/README.md

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 Create an API written in Node.js that passes as many of the tests in `test/crud.spec.js` as you can. 
 
 Data **DOES NOT** need to persist between server restarts, unless you already have extensive Node.js experience and want to show us your chops. 
-In that case, we recommend using a lightweight document store like like [LokiJS](https://rawgit.com/techfort/LokiJS/master/jsdoc/tutorial-Persistence%20Adapters.html) 
+In that case, we recommend using a lightweight document store like [LokiJS](https://rawgit.com/techfort/LokiJS/master/jsdoc/tutorial-Persistence%20Adapters.html) 
 or [lowdb](https://github.com/typicode/lowdb), but feel free to use anything so long as it can be installed with `npm install`.
 
 ### Requirements

backend/index.js

@@ -1,16 +1,11 @@
-const http = require('http')
-const port = 8080
+const express = require('express')
+const bodyParser = require('body-parser')
+const app = express()
+const catsRouter = require('./routes/cats')
 
-const requestHandler = (request, response) => {
-  response.end("You might want some more request handlers")
-}
+app.use(bodyParser.json())
+app.use(catsRouter)
+app.use(express.static('public'))
 
-const server = http.createServer(requestHandler)
-
-server.listen(port, (err) => {
-  if (err) {
-    return console.log('something bad happened', err)
-  }
-
-  console.log(`server is listening on port ${port}`)
-})
+const port = process.env.port || 8080
+app.listen(port, () => console.info(`Server running on localhost:${port}`))