server.js

// set up ======================================================================
var express = require('express');
var app = express(); // create our app w/ express
var mongoose = require('mongoose'); // mongoose for mongodb
var database = require('./config/database'); // load the database config
var cookieParser = require('cookie-parser');
var morgan = require('morgan');
var bodyParser = require('body-parser');
var methodOverride = require('method-override');
var passport = require('passport');
var flash = require('connect-flash');
var session = require('express-session');
var port = process.env.PORT || 3000 // setting up the port

// configuration ===============================================================
mongoose.connect(database.url); // connect to mongoDB database on modulus.io

app.use(express.static(__dirname + '/public'));
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.use(cookieParser()); // read cookies (needed for auth)
app.use(session({
  secret : 'paperlamp',
  name: 'dragonmagic',
  proxy: true,
  resave: true,
  saveUninitialized: true
})); // session secret
app.use(passport.initialize());
app.use(passport.session()); // persistent login sessions
app.use(flash()); // use connect-flash for flash messages stored in session

require('./config/passport')(passport); // pass passport for configuration

// routes
require('./app/routes.js')(app, passport);

// use express routing for pages refresh
app.get('/*', function(req, res, next) {
  // Just send the index.html for other files to support HTML5Mode
  res.sendFile('/public/index.html', { root: __dirname });
});

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