Little tweaks to make it work... In a devcontainer anyway....

backend/bin/www

@@ -1,101 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env node
-
-/**
- * Module dependencies.
- */
-
-var app = require('../app');
-var debug = require('debug')('urge-api:server');
-var http = require('http');
-var mongoose = require('mongoose');
-
-/**
- * Connect to the Mongo DB
- */
-mongoose.connect('mongodb://localhost:27017/urge', (err) => {  
-  if(err) {
-    throw new Error(err);
-  } else {
-
-  }
-});
-
-/**
- * Get port from environment and store in Express.
- */
-
-var port = normalizePort(process.env.PORT || '3069');
-app.set('port', port);
-
-/**
- * Create HTTP server.
- */
-
-var server = http.createServer(app);
-
-/**
- * Listen on provided port, on all network interfaces.
- */
-
-server.listen(port);
-server.on('error', onError);
-server.on('listening', onListening);
-
-/**
- * Normalize a port into a number, string, or false.
- */
-
-function normalizePort(val) {
-  var port = parseInt(val, 10);
-
-  if (isNaN(port)) {
-    // named pipe
-    return val;
-  }
-
-  if (port >= 0) {
-    // port number
-    return port;
-  }
-
-  return false;
-}
-
-/**
- * Event listener for HTTP server "error" event.
- */
-
-function onError(error) {
-  if (error.syscall !== 'listen') {
-    throw error;
-  }
-
-  var bind = typeof port === 'string'
-    ? 'Pipe ' + port
-    : 'Port ' + port;
-
-  // handle specific listen errors with friendly messages
-  switch (error.code) {
-    case 'EACCES':
-      console.error(bind + ' requires elevated privileges');
-      process.exit(1);
-      break;
-    case 'EADDRINUSE':
-      console.error(bind + ' is already in use');
-      process.exit(1);
-      break;
-    default:
-      throw error;
-  }
-}
-
-/**
- * Event listener for HTTP server "listening" event.
- */
-function onListening() {
-  var addr = server.address();
-  var bind = typeof addr === 'string'
-    ? 'pipe ' + addr
-    : 'port ' + addr.port;
-  debug('Listening on ' + bind);
-}

backend/docker-compose.yml

@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-version: '3.8'
-
-services:
-  backend:
-    build: .
-    ports:
-      - "3069:3069"
-    depends_on:
-      - mongo
-    environment:
-      - MONGODB_URI=mongodb://mongo:27017/urge
-
-  mongo:
-    image: mongo:4.4
-    ports:
-      - "27017:27017"
-    volumes:
-      - mongo-data:/data/db
-
-volumes:
-  mongo-data:

backend/package.json

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   "version": "0.2.1",
   "private": true,
   "scripts": {
-    "start": "node ./bin/www"
+    "start": "node ./src/bin/www"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@google/maps": "^0.4.5",
@@ -39,12 +39,6 @@
     "type": "git",
     "url": "git@git.mifi.dev:12022/mifi/Pfosi-Looking-API.git"
   },
-  "keywords": [
-    "Timberland",
-    "TBL",
-    "GCS",
-    "database"
-  ],
   "author": "Mike Fitzpatrick (badmf@mifi.dev)",
   "license": "ISC"
 }

backend/src/bin/www

@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+
+/**
+ * Module dependencies.
+ */
+
+var app = require("../app");
+var debug = require("debug")("urge-api:server");
+var http = require("http");
+var mongoose = require("mongoose");
+
+/**
+ * Connect to the Mongo DB
+ */
+
+// Use mongo service name for Docker container
+const mongoUrl = process.env.MONGODB_URL || "mongodb://mongo:27017/urge";
+
+mongoose
+  .connect(mongoUrl, {
+    useNewUrlParser: true,
+    useUnifiedTopology: true,
+  })
+  .then(() => {
+    console.log("Connected to MongoDB successfully");
+  })
+  .catch((err) => {
+    console.error("MongoDB connection error:", err.message);
+    console.error("Please ensure MongoDB is running on", mongoUrl);
+    process.exit(1);
+  });
+
+/**
+ * Get port from environment and store in Express.
+ */
+
+var port = normalizePort(process.env.PORT || "3069");
+app.set("port", port);
+
+/**
+ * Create HTTP server.
+ */
+
+var server = http.createServer(app);
+
+/**
+ * Listen on provided port, on all network interfaces.
+ */
+
+server.listen(port);
+server.on("error", onError);
+server.on("listening", onListening);
+
+/**
+ * Normalize a port into a number, string, or false.
+ */
+
+function normalizePort(val) {
+  var port = parseInt(val, 10);
+
+  if (isNaN(port)) {
+    // named pipe
+    return val;
+  }
+
+  if (port >= 0) {
+    // port number
+    return port;
+  }
+
+  return false;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Event listener for HTTP server "error" event.
+ */
+
+function onError(error) {
+  if (error.syscall !== "listen") {
+    throw error;
+  }
+
+  var bind = typeof port === "string" ? "Pipe " + port : "Port " + port;
+
+  // handle specific listen errors with friendly messages
+  switch (error.code) {
+    case "EACCES":
+      console.error(bind + " requires elevated privileges");
+      process.exit(1);
+      break;
+    case "EADDRINUSE":
+      console.error(bind + " is already in use");
+      process.exit(1);
+      break;
+    default:
+      throw error;
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Event listener for HTTP server "listening" event.
+ */
+function onListening() {
+  var addr = server.address();
+  var bind = typeof addr === "string" ? "pipe " + addr : "port " + addr.port;
+  debug("Listening on " + bind);
+}