import express from 'express';
import { promises as fs } from 'fs';
import { fileURLToPath } from 'url';
import { dirname } from 'path';

const __filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url);
const __dirname = dirname(__filename);

let port = 3000;

let app = express();

//define endpoints

app.get('/file-data', async (request, response) => {
    let data = await fs.readFile(__dirname + '/people-data.json');
    let people = JSON.parse(data);

    response.json(people);
})

app.listen(port, () => {
    console.log(`App listening on port ${port}`);
});