index.js

#!/usr/bin/env node

const
  express        = require( 'express' ),
  app            = express(),
  passport       = require( 'passport' ),
  LocalStrategy  = require( 'passport-local' ).Strategy,
  bodyParser     = require( 'body-parser' );

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

const port = process.env.PORT || 8090;
app.use( '/item', require( './route/item' ) );

app.listen( port );
console.log( 'Magic happens on port ' + port );

module.exports = app;

package.json

{
  "name": "restapi",
  "version": "6.6.7",
  "description": "RestAPI template",
  "main": "index.js",
  "scripts": {
    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
  },
  "repository": {
    "type": "ssh",
    "url": "/opt/local/restapi"
  },
  "keywords": [
    "mssql"
  ],
  "author": "ggt667",
  "license": "MIT",
  "dependencies": {
    "express": "*",
    "passport": "*",
    "passport-local": "*",
    "pg": "*",
    "pg-native": "*",
    "tedious": "*"
  }
}

routeitem.js

const
  express = require( 'express' ),
  node    = express.Router();

node.post( '/', function( req, res, next ) {
  res.json({ message: 'You did an HTTP POST query' });
  next();
}).get( '/', function( req, res, next ) {
  res.json({ message: 'You did an HTTP GET query' });
  next();
}).post( '/:id', function( req, res, next ) {
  res.json({ message: 'You did an HTTP POST query',
           arg: req.params });
  next();
}).get( '/:id', function( req, res, next ) {
  res.json({ message: 'You did an HTTP GET query',
           arg: req.params });
  next();
}).put( '/:id', function( req, res, next ) {
  res.json({ message: 'You did an HTTP PUT query',
           arg: req.params });
  next();
}).patch( '/:id', function( req, res, next ) {
  res.json({ message: 'You did an HTTP PATCH query',
           arg: req.params });
  next();
}).delete( '/:id', function( req, res, next ) {
  res.json({ message: 'You did an HTTP DELETE query',
           arg: req.params });
  next();
});

module.exports = node;

test.sh

curl -sX POST http://localhost:8090/item | json && \
curl -sX GET http://localhost:8090/item | json && \
curl -sX POST http://localhost:8090/item/1 | json && \
curl -sX GET http://localhost:8090/item/2 | json && \
curl -sX PUT http://localhost:8090/item/3 | json && \
curl -sX PATCH http://localhost:8090/item/4 | json && \
curl -sX DELETE http://localhost:8090/item/5 | json