server.js

const express = require('express')
const app = express()
const cors = require('cors')
const PORT = 8000
const MongoClient = require('mongodb').MongoClient
require('dotenv').config()
const connectionString = process.env.DB_STRING

app.use(cors());
app.use(express.json())

// const aliens = {
//     'humans': {
//         'speciesName': 'Humans',
//         'homeworld': 'Earth',
//         'features': 'Rounded ears, hair on head and face (sometimes)',
//         'interestingFact': 'Founded the United Federation of Planets after first contact with Vulcans',
//         'noteableExamples': 'James T. Kirk, Zephram Cochran, Abraham Lincoln',
//         'image': 'https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/aliens/images/6/68/The_City_on_the_Edge_of_Forever.jpg'
//     },
//     'vulcans': {
//         'speciesName': 'Vulcans',
//         'homeworld': 'Vulcan',
//         'features': 'Pointed ears, upward-curving eyebrows',
//         'interestingFact': 'Practice an extreme form of emotional regulation that focuses on logic above all else, pioneered by a Vulcan named Surak' ,
//         'notableExamples': "Spock, T'Pol, Sarek",
//         'image': 'https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/aliens/images/7/75/Vulcans-FirstContact.jpg'
//     },
//     'klingons': {
//         'speciesName': 'Klingons',
//         'homeworld': "Qo'noS",
//         'features': 'Large stature, pronounced ridges on the forehead, stylized facial hair',
//         'interestingFact': 'Highly skilled in weapons and battle. Their facial ridges were lost as the result of a virus in 2154, but were subsequently restored by 2269.' ,
//         'notableExamples': "Worf, Kor, Kang",
//         'image': 'https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/aliens/images/7/74/Kruge.jpg'
//     },
//     'romulans': {
//         'speciesName': 'Romulans',
//         'homeworld': "Romulus",
//         'features': 'Pointed ears, upward-curving eyebrows,green tinge to the skin, diagonal smooth forehead ridges (sometimes)',
//         'interestingFact': 'Share a common ancestory with Vulcans, though none of the emotional discipline. Romulus has a sister planet, Remus, on which the Remans are seen as lesser beings.' ,
//         'notableExamples': "Pardek, Tal'aura, Narissa",
//         'image': 'https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/aliens/images/1/1d/Zzzd7.jpg'
//     },
//     'borg': {
//         'speciesName': '(The) Borg',
//         'homeworld': 'unknown (Delta Quadrant)',
//         'features': 'pale skin, numerous interior and exterior biological modifications',
//         'interestingFact': 'No single genetic lingeage, species propagates by assimilating individuals via nanotechnology, led by a hive mind guided by a single "queen" individual. DO NOT APPROACH unless under specific diplomatic orders from Starfleet Command.' ,
//         'notableExamples': "Borg Queen, Seven of Nine, Locutus",
//         'image': 'https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/aliens/images/7/76/Borg.jpg'
//     },
//     'gorn': {
//         'speciesName': 'Gorn',
//         'homeworld': 'unknown (Alpha Quadrant)',
//         'features': 'scaly green skin, large, iridescent eyes, powerful build, sharp teeth',
//         'interestingFact': 'Extremely militaristic and driven to conquer, but also possess advanced scientific knowledge allowing for superior bio-weapons.' ,
//         'notableExamples': "Gorn Captain",
//         'image': 'https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/aliens/images/9/9b/Gorn.jpg'
//     },
//     'trill': {
//         'speciesName': 'Trill',
//         'homeworld': 'Trill',
//         'features': 'Outward appearance similar to humans, aside from distinct dark pigment marks running symmetrically down both sides of the face and body',
//         'interestingFact': 'Some Trill are willin hosts to a long-lived invertibrate symbiote that merges with the host to create a distinct personality.' ,
//         'notableExamples': "Jadzia Dax, Ezri Dax, Curzon Dax",
//         'image': 'https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/aliens/images/4/42/EzriDax.jpg'
//     }
// };

MongoClient.connect(connectionString)
    .then(client => {
        console.log('Connected to Database')
        const db = client.db('star-trek-api')
        const infoCollection = db.collection('alien-info')

    app.get('/', (req, res) => {
    res.sendFile(__dirname + '/index.html')
    })

    app.get('/api/:alienName', (req, res) => {
    const aliensName = req.params.alienName.toLowerCase()
        infoCollection.find({name: aliensName}).toArray()
        .then(results => {
            console.log(results)
            res.json(results[0])
        })
        .catch(error => console.error(error))
    })

})
.catch(error => console.error(error))

app.listen(process.env.PORT || PORT, () => {
    console.log('Server is running.')
})