server.js

// Setup empty JS object to act as endpoint for all routes
projectData = {};
const posts = [];

// Require Express to run server and routes
const express = require('express');

// Start up an instance of app
const app = express();

/* Middleware*/
//Here we are configuring express to use body-parser as middle-ware.
const bodyParser = require('body-parser');

app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({
    extended: false
}));

app.use(bodyParser.json());

// Cors for cross origin allowance
const cors = require('cors');
app.use(cors());

// Initialize the main project folder
app.use(express.static('website'));

// Setup the Server
const port = 3000;

const server = app.listen(port, runMyServer);

function runMyServer() {
    console.log(`running server at port ${port}`)
}
// GET
app.get('/projectData', (req, res) => {
    res.send(projectData)
    console.log(projectData);
});
// POST
app.post('/projectData', (req, res) => {
    console.log(req.body);
    projectData = req.body;
    posts.push(req.body);
    console.log(posts);
});