index.js

const express = require('express')
const Datastore = require('nedb');
const app = express()
app.listen(3000, () => console.log('Listening at 3000'));
app.use(express.static('public'));
app.use(express.json({ limit: '1mb' }));

const database = new Datastore('database.db');
database.loadDatabase();

// database.insert({ name: 'Chad', status: 'YES'});
// database.insert({ name: 'Max', status: 'NO'});

app.get('/api', (request, response) => {
    database.find({}, (err, data) =>{
        if (err){
            response.end();
            return;
        }
        response.json(data);
    }); 
});


app.post('/api', (request, response) => {
    //console.log('I got a request!');
    console.log(request.body);
    const data = request.body;
    
    const timestamp = Date.now();
    data.timestamp = timestamp;
    database.insert(data);
    response.json(data);
});