doctopus-basic-api.js

// app.js

'use strict';

// initialize an express app
const express = require('express');
const mongoose = require('mongoose');

const app = express();

// create a mongoose schema
const Cat = mongoose.model('Cat', { name: { type: String, required: true } });

// set default port
const port = process.env.PORT || 3000;

// create some fake data
const kitty = new Cat({ name: 'Zildjian'});

// expose an edpoint returning that data
app.get('/data', (req, res) => res.send(kitty));

app.listen(port, () => console.log(`Server listening on port: ${port}`));