cf.js

// new year new bootstrap

const express = require('express')
const app = express()
// this include lets us read data out of put requests,
const bodyparser = require('body-parser')
// our fs tools,
const fs = require('fs')
const filesys = require('./filesys.js')
// and we occasionally spawn local pipes (workers)
const child_process = require('child_process')
// will use these to figure where tf we are
let ownIp = ''
const os = require('os')
let ifaces = os.networkInterfaces()

// serve everything: https://expressjs.com/en/resources/middleware/serve-static.html
app.use(express.static(__dirname))
// accept post bodies as json,
app.use(bodyparser.json())
app.use(bodyparser.urlencoded({extended: true}))

// if these don't exist, they get 'nexted' to any other 'middleware' we write
app.get('/fileList', (req, res) => {
  try{
    // we would fs/ through our list, and serve that,
    filesys.getDirTree(req.query.path).then((list) => {
      // take the query out of the front of the path, and swap all \ for /
      // rm the first /
      for(i in list){
        if(list[i].charAt(0) == '/'){
          list[i] = list[i].substring(1, list[i].indexOf('.'))
        }
        // a final sweep, for double /
        if(list[i].charAt(0) == '/'){
          list[i] = list[i].substring(1)
        }
      }
      // console.log('sends', list)
      res.send(list)
      // ship up north,
    }).catch((err) => {
      res.send(err)
      // ship err back
    })
  } catch (err) {
    console.log(err)
    res.send('server-side error retrieving list')
  }
})

let unfjson = (program) => {

}

// we also handle file-saving this way,
app.post('/save/contexts/:context/:file', (req, res) => {
  // this is probably fine for now, but I kind of want a websocket to do this kind of stuff ?
  let serialized = JSON.stringify(req.body, null, 2)
  // .. one-hack pls:

  fs.writeFile(`save/contexts/${req.params.context}/${req.params.file}.json`, serialized, (err) => {
    if (err) {
      console.log(`ERR while saving to save/contexts/${req.params.context}/${req.params.file}.json`)
      res.send({success: false})
    }
    console.log(`saved a context to to save/contexts/${req.params.context}/${req.params.file}.json`)
    res.send({success: true})
  })
})