node-app.js

'use strict';

var express = require('express');
var http = require('http');
var path = require('path');
var morgan = require('morgan'); // formerly express.logger
var bodyParser = require('body-parser');
var methodOverride = require('method-override');
var errorhandler = require('errorhandler');
var compression = require('compression');
var favicon = require('serve-favicon');
var proxyMiddleware = require('proxy-middleware');
var app = express();

// Gzip support
app.use(compression({
  threshold: 512
}));

// all environments
app.set('port', process.env.PORT || 80);
app.set('views', path.join(__dirname, 'public'));
app.use(favicon(__dirname + '/public/favicon.ico'));
app.use(morgan('dev'));
app.use(bodyParser.json());
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: false }));
app.use(methodOverride());

app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'public')));
// expose bower_components (vendor files) on the /bower_components route
app.use('/bower_components',  express.static(__dirname + '/bower_components'));

// development only
if ('development' === app.get('env')) {
  app.use(errorhandler());
}

// Proxy requests to the Government of Canada recall database
app.use('/v1.3', proxyMiddleware(require('url').parse('http://data.tc.gc.ca/v1.3')));

app.get('/', function (req, res) {
  res.render('index.html');
});

var port = app.get('port');
http.createServer(app).listen(port, function () {
	console.log('Server listening on port ' + port);
});