server.js

const express = require("express");
const connectDB = require("./config/db");
const cors = require("cors");

const pdf = require("html-pdf");
const pdfTemplate = require("./utils/pdf-documents");

//using express
const app = express();
app.use(express.json({ limit: "50mb", extended: false }));
// setting the aplication for cors errors.
app.use(cors());

// connection to database;
connectDB();

//POST - Pdf generation and fetching data
app.post("/create-pdf", (req, res) => {
  pdf.create(pdfTemplate(req.body), {}).toFile("result.pdf", err => {
    if (err) {
      return console.log("Error");
    }
    res.send(Promise.resolve());
  });
});
//GET- send the generate pdf to the client
app.get("/fetch-pdf", (req, res) => {
  res.sendFile(`${__dirname}/result.pdf`);
});
//use the routes

app.use("/api/client", require("./routes/api/client"));
//app.use("/api/phoneTag", require("./routes/api/phoneTag"));
app.use("/api/user", require("./routes/api/user"));
app.use("/api/auth", require("./routes/api/auth"));
app.use("/api/credit-items", require("./routes/api/creditItems"));
//app.use("/api/employee", require("./routes/api/employee"));
app.use("/api/person", require("./routes/api/person"));
//app.use("/api/customer", require("./routes/api/customer"));
app.use("/api/monitoringService", require("./routes/api/monitoringService"));

// Serve static assets in production
//if (process.env.NODE_ENV === "production") {
const path = require("path");
app.use(express.static("client/build"));
app.get("*", (req, res) => {
  res.sendFile(path.resolve(__dirname, "client", "build", "index.html"));
});
//}
const PORT = process.env.Port || 5000;
app.listen(PORT, () => console.log(`Connected with success`));