API practice

index.js

//imports
var express = require("express"),
    app = express(),
    mongoose = require("mongoose"),
    port = 8000,
    url ="mongodb://localhost:27017/api";
//sets the view engine to html, need to change if want to use ejs
mongoose.connect(url, {
    useNewUrlParser: true,
    useUnifiedTopology: true
})

//should allow static webpages 
app.set('view engine', 'ejs');

app.use(express.static(__dirname + "static"));

app.get("/", function (req, res) {
    res.render("index.ejs");
});

app.get("/second", function (req, res) {
        res.render("second.ejs");
});

//listens to the port
app.listen(port, function () {
    console.log("API has started")
});