// server.js // BASE SETUP // ============================================================================= // call the packages we need var express = require('express'); // call express var app = express(); // define our app using express var bodyParser = require('body-parser'); var sqlite3 = require('sqlite3').verbose(); // 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()); var port = 3147; // set our port // ROUTES FOR OUR API // ============================================================================= var router = express.Router(); // get an instance of the express Router // test route to make sure everything is working (accessed at GET http://localhost:8080/api) router.get('/', function(req, res) { res.json({ message: 'hooray! welcome to our api!' }); }); router.get('/seasoned', function(req, res) { var db_path = 'shows.db'; var db = new sqlite3.Database(db_path); var returnMsg; var id = req.param('id'); function getEpisode(id, fn){ db.serialize(function() { db.get("SELECT * FROM stray_eps WHERE id = '" + id + "'", function(err, row) { fn(row) }) }); } getEpisode(id, function(episode){ res.json({episode}); // this is where you get the return value }); }); // more routes for our API will happen here // REGISTER OUR ROUTES ------------------------------- // all of our routes will be prefixed with /api app.use('/api', router); // START THE SERVER // ============================================================================= app.listen(port); console.log('Magic happens on port ' + port);