server.js

// set up ======================================================================
var express = require('express');
var app = express(); 						// create our app w/ express
var port = process.env.PORT || 3000; 				// set the port
var morgan = require('morgan');
var bodyParser = require('body-parser');
var methodOverride = require('method-override');


// configuration ===============================================================

app.use(express.static('./public')); 		// set the static files location /public/img will be /img for users
app.use(morgan('dev')); // log every request to the console
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({'extended': 'true'})); // parse application/x-www-form-urlencoded
app.use(bodyParser.json()); // parse application/json
app.use(bodyParser.json({type: 'application/vnd.api+json'})); // parse application/vnd.api+json as json
app.use(methodOverride('X-HTTP-Method-Override')); // override with the X-HTTP-Method-Override header in the request
app.all('/', function(req, res, next) {
    res.header("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", "*");
    res.header("Access-Control-Allow-Headers", "Content-Type");
    next();
});



// routes ======================================================================
require('./app/routes.js')(app);

// listen (start app with node server.js) ======================================
app.listen(port);
console.log("App listening on port " + port + " url: " + "http://localhost:"+port);