file structure set up

package.json

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+{
+  "name": "social-network-api",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "description": "",
+  "main": "server.js",
+  "scripts": {
+    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
+  },
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "git+https://github.com/ChelcieDeAlmeida/social-network-api.git"
+  },
+  "author": "",
+  "license": "ISC",
+  "bugs": {
+    "url": "https://github.com/ChelcieDeAlmeida/social-network-api/issues"
+  },
+  "homepage": "https://github.com/ChelcieDeAlmeida/social-network-api#readme",
+  "dependencies": {
+    "express": "^4.17.1",
+    "mongoose": "^5.12.13"
+  }
+}

server.js

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+const express = require('express');
+const mongoose = require('mongoose');
+
+const app = express();
+const PORT = process.env.PORT || 3001;
+
+app.use(express.json());
+app.use(express.urlencoded({ extended: true }));
+app.use(express.static('public'));
+
+// app.use(require('./routes'));
+
+mongoose.connect(process.env.MONGODB_URI || 'mongodb://localhost/social', {
+  useFindAndModify: false,
+  useNewUrlParser: true,
+  useUnifiedTopology: true
+});
+
+// Use this to log mongo queries being executed!
+mongoose.set('debug', true);
+
+app.listen(PORT, () => console.log(`🌍 Connected on localhost:${PORT}`));

utils/dateFormat.js

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+const addDateSuffix = date => {
+    let dateStr = date.toString();
+
+    // get last char of date string
+    const lastChar = dateStr.charAt(dateStr.length - 1);
+
+    if (lastChar === '1' && dateStr !== '11') {
+      dateStr = `${dateStr}st`;
+    } else if (lastChar === '2' && dateStr !== '12') {
+      dateStr = `${dateStr}nd`;
+    } else if (lastChar === '3' && dateStr !== '13') {
+      dateStr = `${dateStr}rd`;
+    } else {
+      dateStr = `${dateStr}th`;
+    }
+
+    return dateStr;
+  };
+
+  // function to format a timestamp, accepts the timestamp and an `options` object as optional parameters
+  module.exports = (
+    timestamp,
+    { monthLength = 'short', dateSuffix = true } = {}
+  ) => {
+    let months;
+
+    if (monthLength === 'short') {
+      months = {
+        0: 'Jan',
+        1: 'Feb',
+        2: 'Mar',
+        3: 'Apr',
+        4: 'May',
+        5: 'Jun',
+        6: 'Jul',
+        7: 'Aug',
+        8: 'Sep',
+        9: 'Oct',
+        10: 'Nov',
+        11: 'Dec'
+      };
+    } else {
+      months = {
+        0: 'January',
+        1: 'February',
+        2: 'March',
+        3: 'April',
+        4: 'May',
+        5: 'June',
+        6: 'July',
+        7: 'August',
+        8: 'September',
+        9: 'October',
+        10: 'November',
+        11: 'December'
+      };
+    }
+
+    const dateObj = new Date(timestamp);
+    const formattedMonth = months[dateObj.getMonth()];
+
+    let dayOfMonth;
+
+    if (dateSuffix) {
+      dayOfMonth = addDateSuffix(dateObj.getDate());
+    } else {
+      dayOfMonth = dateObj.getDate();
+    }
+
+    const year = dateObj.getFullYear();
+
+    let hour;
+    // check for 24-hr time
+    if (dateObj.getHours > 12) {
+      hour = Math.floor(dateObj.getHours() / 2);
+    } else {
+      hour = dateObj.getHours();
+    }
+    // if hour is 0 (12:00am), change it to 12
+    if (hour === 0) {
+      hour = 12;
+    }
+
+    const minutes = dateObj.getMinutes();
+
+    // set `am` or `pm`
+    let periodOfDay;
+
+    if (dateObj.getHours() >= 12) {
+      periodOfDay = 'pm';
+    } else {
+      periodOfDay = 'am';
+    }
+
+    const formattedTimeStamp = `${formattedMonth} ${dayOfMonth}, ${year} at ${hour}:${minutes} ${periodOfDay}`;
+
+    return formattedTimeStamp;
+  };
+