Add in express to polyfill listen and body parser

Author: stephenbaldwin

Route.ts

@@ -229,9 +229,9 @@ export default class Route implements IMountableItem {
 
   asExpressRoute() {
     return async (req: express.Request, res: express.Response) => {
-      const { query, params } = req;
+      const { query, params, body } = req;
 
-      const providedVariables = { ...query, ...params };
+      const providedVariables = { ...query, ...params, ...body };
 
       // Assemble variables from query, path and default values
       const assembledVariables = this.assembleVariables(providedVariables);
@@ -247,11 +247,12 @@ export default class Route implements IMountableItem {
         return;
       }
 
-      const { statusCode, body } = await this.makeRequest(assembledVariables, headers);
+      const { statusCode, body: responseBody } =
+        await this.makeRequest(assembledVariables, headers);
 
       res
         .status(statusCode)
-        .json(body);
+        .json(responseBody);
     };
   }
 

Router.ts

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import {
 } from '.';
 import Route from './Route';
 import express from 'express';
+import bodyParser from 'body-parser';
 import axios, { AxiosInstance, AxiosRequestConfig } from 'axios';
 import { parse, DocumentNode, getOperationAST } from 'graphql';
 import { version } from './package.json';
@@ -124,13 +125,20 @@ export default class Router {
     return mountedItem;
   }
 
+  // TODO: Temporarily using express as metal
   listen(port: number, callback?: () => void) {
-    throw new Error('Not Implemented');
+    const router = express();
+
+    router.use(this.asExpressRouter());
+
+    router.listen(port, callback);
   }
 
   asExpressRouter() {
     const router: any = express.Router();
 
+    router.use(bodyParser.json());
+
     [...this.modules, ...this.routes].forEach((route) => {
       const { path, httpMethod } = route;
       const routeFn = route.asExpressRoute();