server.js

// server.js

// set up ========================
var express  = require('express');
var app      = express();                               // create our app w/ express
var morgan = require('morgan');             // log requests to the console (express4)
var bodyParser = require('body-parser');    // pull information from HTML POST (express4)
var methodOverride = require('method-override'); // simulate DELETE and PUT (express4)
var url = require('url');


// configuration =================

app.use(express.static(__dirname + '/public'));                 // set the static files location /public/img will be /img for users
app.use(morgan('dev'));                                         // log every request to the console
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({'extended':'true'}));            // parse application/x-www-form-urlencoded
app.use(bodyParser.json());                                     // parse application/json
app.use(bodyParser.json({ type: 'application/vnd.api+json' })); // parse application/vnd.api+json as json
app.use(methodOverride());


// routes ======================================================================

// api ---------------------------------------------------------------------
// get all todos

app.get('/ape', function(req, res) {

    res.writeHead(
        200, 
        { 'Content-Type': 'text/html', 'Content-Length': 50, 'Expires': new Date().toUTCString() }
    );
    res.end( "APE - npm run test-unit \n More stuff" );

});

app.get( '/tiers', function(req, res) {
    res.sendfile('./public/byPosition.html'); // load the single view file (angular will handle the page changes on the front-end)
});



app.get('*', function(req, res) {
    res.sendFile( __dirname + '/public/index.html'); // load the single view file (angular will handle the page changes on the front-end)
});

app.listen(8081);
console.log("App listening on port 8081");