Setup TypeScript express routes

Author: meetdave3

server.ts

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { enableProdMode } from '@angular/core';
 import * as express from 'express';
 import { join } from 'path';
 import { readFileSync } from 'fs';
+const api = require('./server/routes/api');
 
 // Faster server renders w/ Prod mode (dev mode never needed)
 enableProdMode();
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ app.engine('html', (_, options, callback) => {
   });
 });
 
+app.use('/api', api);
 app.set('view engine', 'html');
 app.set('views', join(DIST_FOLDER, 'browser'));
 

server/routes/api.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import * as express from 'express';
+
+class Api {
+  public app;
+  private message: String = 'Hello World';
+
+  constructor () {
+    this.app = express();
+    this.mountRoutes();
+  }
+
+  // Access this API route using {GET} localhost:3017/api/hello 
+  private mountRoutes (): void {
+    const router = express.Router();
+    
+    router.get('/hello', (req, res) => {
+      res.json({
+        message: this.message
+      });
+    });
+
+    module.exports = router;
+  }
+}
+
+export default new Api().app;