/** * app.js * * Use `app.js` to run your app without `sails lift`. * To start the server, run: `node app.js`. * * This is handy in situations where the sails CLI is not relevant or useful, * such as when you deploy to a server, or a PaaS like Heroku. * * For example: * => `node app.js` * => `npm start` * => `forever start app.js` * => `node debug app.js` * * The same command-line arguments and env vars are supported, e.g.: * `NODE_ENV=production node app.js --port=80 --verbose` * * For more information see: * https://sailsjs.com/anatomy/app.js */ // Ensure we're in the project directory, so cwd-relative paths work as expected // no matter where we actually lift from. // > Note: This is not required in order to lift, but it is a convenient default. process.chdir(__dirname) // Attempt to import `sails` dependency, as well as `rc` (for loading `.sailsrc` files). var sails var rc try { sails = require('sails') rc = require('sails/accessible/rc') } catch (err) { console.error('Encountered an error when attempting to require(\'sails\'):') console.error(err.stack) console.error('--') console.error('To run an app using `node app.js`, you need to have Sails installed') console.error('locally (`./node_modules/sails`). To do that, just make sure you\'re') console.error('in the same directory as your app and run `npm install`.') console.error() console.error('If Sails is installed globally (i.e. `npm install -g sails`) you can') console.error('also run this app with `sails lift`. Running with `sails lift` will') console.error('not run this file (`app.js`), but it will do exactly the same thing.') console.error('(It even uses your app directory\'s local Sails install, if possible.)') }// -• // Start server sails.lift(rc('sails'))