Setting up express and rethinkdb

handler-001.js

const bodyParser = require('body-parser')
const express = require('express')
const Webtask = require('webtask-tools')

const server = express()

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

// pass RethinkDB around xD
server.use((req, res, next) => {
  req.db = require('rethinkdbdash')({
    db: 'weshare',
    servers: [{host: req.webtaskContext.secrets.RETHINKDB_SERVER, port: 28015}]
  })

  next()
})