[UPDATES]:

  - Add dashboard template
  - Add Mongodb
  - Create GET & POST endpoints
  - Save messages via post endpoint "/message"
  - Retrieve all messages via get endpoint "/"

app.js

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+const express = require('express')
+const app = express()
+const port = 3000
+const MongoClient = require('mongodb').MongoClient;
+
+// Connection URL
+const url = 'mongodb://localhost:27017';
+// Database Name
+const dbName = 'gotenacious';
+app.use(express.json());
+app.get('/', (req, res) => { 
+  // Get all messages
+  MongoClient.connect(url, function(err, client) {
+    // assert.equal(null, err);
+    if (err) {
+      console.error('An error occurred connecting to MongoDB: ', err);
+    } else {
+      console.log("Connected successfully to server");
+      const db = client.db(dbName);
+
+      getMessages(db, (messages) => {
+        client.close();
+        res.send(messages)
+      })
+    }
+
+  });
+  // res.sendFile(__dirname + '/templates/dashboard.html')
+})
+
+app.post('/message', (req, res) => { 
+  // console.log(req.body)
+  message = req.body
+  MongoClient.connect(url, function(err, client) {
+    // assert.equal(null, err);
+    if (err) {
+      console.error('An error occurred connecting to MongoDB: ', err);
+    } else {
+      console.log("Connected successfully to server");
+      const db = client.db(dbName);
+
+      insertMessage(db, message, () => {
+        client.close();
+        res.send('message added to db')
+      })
+    }
+
+  });
+})
+
+app.listen(port, () => console.log(`Dashboard listening on port ${port}!`))
+
+
+const insertMessage = function(db, message, callback) {
+  // console.log(rb)
+  const collection = db.collection('messages')
+  collection.insertOne(message)
+  callback();
+}
+
+const getMessages = function(db, callback) {
+  // Get the documents collection
+  const collection = db.collection('messages');
+  // Find some documents
+  collection.find({}).toArray(function(err, messages) {
+    console.log("Found the following messages");
+    console.log(messages)
+    callback(messages);
+  });
+}