index.js

const express = require("express");
const expressEjsLayouts = require("express-ejs-layouts");
const app = express();
const port = process.env.PORT || 8000;
const bodyParser = require("body-parser");
const fetch = require("node-fetch");

//using EJS as middleware to render pages
app.use(expressEjsLayouts);

app.use(express.urlencoded());
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: false }));
app.use(bodyParser.json());

app.use(express.static("./assets"));

app.use("/", require("./routes"));

app.set("layout extractStyles", true);
app.set("layout extractScripts", true);

// Setting up view engine
app.set("view engine", "ejs");
app.set("views", "./views");

app.get("/ping", function (req, res) {
  return res.send("<h1>Pong</h1>");
});

app.listen(port, function (err) {
  if (err) {
    console.log(`error in running the server on the port: ${port}`);
  }

  console.log(`Server is running on port: ${port}`);
});