server.js

import express from 'express';
import bodyParser from 'body-parser';
import mongoose from 'mongoose';
import morgan from 'morgan';

import Game from './api/models/game';
import { getGames, getGame, postGame, deleteGame } from './api/routes/game';

const app = express();
const port = process.env.PORT || 8080;

//config db connection
const options = {
  server: { socketOptions: { keepAlive: 1, connectTimeoutMS: 30000 } },
  replset: { socketOptions: { keepAlive: 1, connectTimeoutMS: 30000 } }
};
mongoose.Promise = global.Promise;
mongoose.connect('mongodb://localhost/games', options);

const db = mongoose.connection;
db.on('error', console.error.bind(console, 'connection error'));

//middlewares
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: true}));
app.use(bodyParser.json());
app.use(morgan('dev'));

//path to find the assets
app.use(express.static(__dirname + '/client/dist'));

//Enabel CORS so that we can make HTTP request from webpack-dev-server
app.use((req, res, next) => {
  res.header("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", "*");
  res.header('Access-Control-Allow-Methods', 'GET, POST, DELETE');
  res.header("Access-Control-Allow-Headers", "Origin, X-Requested-With, Content-Type, Accept");
  next();
});

//API routes
app.route('/games')
  .post(postGame)
  .get(getGames);

app.route('/games/:id')
  .get(getGame)
  .delete(deleteGame);

app.route("*").get((req, res) => {
  res.sendFiles('client/dist/index.html', { root: __dirname });
});

app.listen(port);

console.log(`listening on port ${port}`);