init commit babey

currently basically just a boilerplate and does Absolutely Fucking Nothing

src/index.ts

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+import * as express from 'express';
+import * as mongoose from 'mongoose';
+import * as fs from 'fs';
+
+const config = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync('./config/config.json', {encoding: 'utf8'}));
+
+const dbClient = mongoose.connect(`${config.dbconnectionURL}/${config.dbname}`, {
+  useNewUrlParser: true, // idfk what any of this does i just copied an example
+  useUnifiedTopology: true,
+  useFindAndModify: false,
+  useCreateIndex: true
+});
+
+console.log('connecting to mongodb database...');
+dbClient.then(() => {
+	console.log('connected to database!');
+
+	const app = express();
+
+	app.use(express.urlencoded({ extended: true }));
+
+	app.set('db', dbClient);
+	app.set('config', config);
+
+	app.get('/', (req, res) => {
+		res.send(`${config.name} homepage - unfinished`);
+	});
+
+	app.get('/recent', (req, res) => {
+		let query = req.query;
+	});
+
+	app.get('*', (req, res) => {
+		res.status(404).send('404');
+	});
+
+	app.listen(config.port, () => {
+		console.log(`expressjs server launched on port ${config.port}, should now function properly`);
+	});
+});