fix async in index.js for deployment

shatter-backend/api/index.ts

@@ -4,27 +4,59 @@ import app from '../src/app';
 
 const MONGODB_URI = process.env.MONGO_URI;
 
-let cachedConnection: typeof mongoose | null = null;
+let isConnected = false;
 
 async function connectDB() {
-  if (cachedConnection) {
-    return cachedConnection;
+  if (isConnected && mongoose.connection.readyState === 1) {
+    console.log('Using existing MongoDB connection');
+    return;
   }
 
   if (!MONGODB_URI) {
     throw new Error('MONGO_URI is not set in environment variables');
   }
 
-  const conn = await mongoose.connect(MONGODB_URI, {
-    bufferCommands: false, 
-  });
-
-  cachedConnection = conn;
-  return conn;
+  try {
+    console.log('Creating new MongoDB connection...');
+
+    await mongoose.connect(MONGODB_URI, {
+      bufferCommands: false,
+      maxPoolSize: 10,
+      serverSelectionTimeoutMS: 5000,
+      socketTimeoutMS: 45000,
+    });
+
+    isConnected = true;
+    console.log('MongoDB connected successfully');
+
+    mongoose.connection.on('error', (err) => {
+      console.error('MongoDB connection error:', err);
+      isConnected = false;
+    });
+
+    mongoose.connection.on('disconnected', () => {
+      console.log('MongoDB disconnected');
+      isConnected = false;
+    });
+
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error('Failed to connect to MongoDB:', error);
+    isConnected = false;
+    throw error;
+  }
 }
 
-connectDB().catch((err) => {
-  console.error('Failed to connect to MongoDB:', err);
+app.use(async (req, res, next) => {
+  try {
+    await connectDB();
+    next();
+  } catch (error: any) {
+    console.error('Database connection error:', error);
+    res.status(500).json({ 
+      error: 'Database connection failed',
+      details: process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development' ? error.message : undefined
+    });
+  }
 });
 
 export default app;

shatter-backend/src/app.ts

@@ -1,27 +1,14 @@
-// Express framework gives us fucnctions to creeate web server, handle routes, process HTTP req and send responses
 import express from 'express';
-import userRoutes from './routes/user_route'; // these routes define how to handel requests to /api/users
+import userRoutes from './routes/user_route'; 
 
-// Creating express application as a single "app" object, started in server.ts
-// This object represents entire web server and will be used to:
-// register Middleware, define routes ....
 const app = express();
 
-// Middleware setup
-// responsible for parsing incoming JSON request bodies, making req.body usable in controllers
 app.use(express.json());
 
-// Defining routes
-// a simple route that sends back plain text "Hello" when anyone visits the app in browser
 app.get('/', (_req, res) => {
   res.send('Hello');
 });
 
-// Mounts the user routes under the path 'api/users'
-// any routes defined in user_route.ts will be accessible with URLs starting with /api/users
 app.use('/api/users', userRoutes);
 
-
-// Export the configured Express app, so that server.ts can import it
-// Keeping app setup separate from server startup makes the code modular and testable
 export default app;

shatter-backend/src/controllers/user_controller.ts

@@ -1,50 +1,41 @@
-// import req and res types for type safety
-import { Request, Response } from 'express';
-import { User } from '../models/user_model'; // imports user model created with mongoose
+import { Request, Response } from "express";
+import { User } from "../models/user_model";
 
 // controller: GET /api/users
 // This function handles GET reqs to /api/users
 // It fetches all users from MongoDB and sends them as json
 
 export const getUsers = async (_req: Request, res: Response) => {
-    try {
-	// retrieves all docs from "users" collection
-	const users = await User.find().lean(); // .lean() returns plain JS objects instead of Mongoose docs, may change incase we need extra model methods later
-	res.json(users); // sends list of users back as JSON response
-    } catch (err) { // log the error if something goes wrong
-	console.error('GET /api/users error:', err);
-	res.status(500).json({ error: 'Failed to fetch users' });
-    }
+  try {
+    const users = await User.find().lean();
+    res.json(users); 
+  } catch (err: any) {
+    console.error("GET /api/users error:", err);
+    res.status(500).json({
+      error: "Failed to fetch users",
+      message: err.message,
+    });
+  }
 };
 
-
 // controller: POST /api/users
 // reads data from req body, vailidates it and creates a new user
 export const createUser = async (req: Request, res: Response) => {
-    try {
-	// Destructure the req body sent by the client
-	// The ?? {} ensures we don't get error if req.body is undefined
-	const { name, email } = req.body ?? {};
+  try {
+    const { name, email } = req.body ?? {};
 
-	// Basic validation to ensure both name and email are provided
-	// if not respond with bad request and stop further processes
-	if (!name || !email) {
-	    return res.status(400).json({ error: 'name and email required' });
-	}
+    if (!name || !email) {
+      return res.status(400).json({ error: "name and email required" });
+    }
 
-	// create a new user doc in DB using Mongoose's .create()
-	const user = await User.create({ name, email });
-	// respond with "created" and send back created user as JSON
-	res.status(201).json(user);
-    } catch(err: any) {
-	// Handle duplicate email error
-	// Mongo DB rejects duplicat value since we have email marked as 'unique'
-	if (err?.code === 11000) {
-	    return res.status(409).json({ error: 'email already exists' });
-	}
-
-	// for all other errors, log them and return generic 500 response
-	console.error('POST /api/users error:', err);
-	res.status(500).json({error: 'Failed to create user' });
+    const user = await User.create({ name, email });
+    res.status(201).json(user);
+  } catch (err: any) {
+    if (err?.code === 11000) {
+      return res.status(409).json({ error: "email already exists" });
     }
+
+    console.error("POST /api/users error:", err);
+    res.status(500).json({ error: "Failed to create user" });
+  }
 };

shatter-backend/src/routes/user_route.ts

@@ -1,16 +1,9 @@
-// router is like a mini-express app that allows grouping of related routes together
 import { Router } from 'express';
 import { getUsers, createUser } from '../controllers/user_controller';
-// Importing controller functions that handle logic for each route
-// These function define what happens when a req is received
 
-// creating new router instance
 const router = Router();
 
-// Defining routes for the /api/users path
-router.get('/', getUsers);    // when GET req is made, run getUsers func
-router.post('/', createUser); // when POST req is made, run creatUser func
+router.get('/', getUsers);    
+router.post('/', createUser); 
 
-// Export the router so it can be used in app.ts
-// app.ts imports router and mounts it under '/api/users'
 export default router;

shatter-backend/src/server.ts

@@ -1,31 +1,26 @@
-// This is the main entry point that starts the application
-
-import 'dotenv/config';           // loads .env file and populates process.env (the node.js object)
-import mongoose from 'mongoose';  // mongoose is an Object Data Modelling (ODM) livrary for MongoDB
-import app from './app';       // Import the express app
-
+import 'dotenv/config';        
+import mongoose from 'mongoose';  
+import app from './app';       
 
 // config
+const PORT = process.env.PORT ? Number(process.env.PORT) : 4000; 
+const MONGODB_URI = process.env.MONGO_URI;                       
 
-const PORT = process.env.PORT ? Number(process.env.PORT) : 4000; // use defined PORT in .env if present , otherwise default to 400
-const MONGODB_URI = process.env.MONGO_URI;                       // read the mongoDB connection from env variables
-
-// Start up function
 async function start() {
     try {
-	if (!MONGODB_URI) {                            // check that MOGO URI is provided in .env
+	if (!MONGODB_URI) {                           
 	    throw new Error('MONGODB_URI is not set'); 
 	}
-	await mongoose.connect(MONGODB_URI);  // this returns a promise, so we 'await' until it's successfully connected
+	await mongoose.connect(MONGODB_URI); 
 	console.log('Successfully connected to MongoDB');
 
 	// start listening for incoming HTTP requests on chosen port
 	app.listen(PORT, () => {
 	    console.log('Server running on http://localhost:${PORT}');
 	});
-    } catch (err) {           		             // if connection goes wrong, log the error
+    } catch (err) {           		           
 	console.error('Failed to start server:', err);
-	process.exit(1);    // code 1 indicates failure
+	process.exit(1);   
     }
 }