index.js

const express = require('express');
const path = require('path');
const multer = require('multer');
const cluster = require('cluster');
const numCPUs = require('os').cpus().length;

const isDev = process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production';
const PORT = process.env.PORT || 5000;

// Multi-process to utilize all CPU cores.
if (!isDev && cluster.isMaster) {
  console.error(`Node cluster master ${process.pid} is running`);

  // Fork workers.
  for (let i = 0; i < numCPUs; i++) {
    cluster.fork();
  }

  cluster.on('exit', (worker, code, signal) => {
    console.error(`Node cluster worker ${worker.process.pid} exited: code ${code}, signal ${signal}`);
  });

} else {
  const app = express();

  const routeNotFound = require('./middleware/routeNotFound');
  const errorHandler = require('./middleware/errorHandler');

  // Multer path
  global.__multerDestPath = `${__dirname}/temp`;

  // Init Middleware
  app.use(express.json({ extended: false }));
  app.use(
    multer({
      dest: global.__multerDestPath,
      limits: { fileSize: 6291456 }
    }).any()
  ); // .single('file)

  // Define Routes

  app.use('/remote-psychophysics/api/', require('./routes/api'));

  // app.use(routeNotFound);

  // app.use(errorHandler);

  // Priority serve any static files.
  app.use(express.static(path.resolve(__dirname, '../react-ui/build')));

  // Answer API requests.
  app.get('/api', function (req, res) {
    res.set('Content-Type', 'application/json');
    res.send('{"message":"Hello from the custom server!"}');
  });

  // All remaining requests return the React app, so it can handle routing.
  app.get('*', function (request, response) {
    response.sendFile(path.resolve(__dirname, '../react-ui/build', 'index.html'));
  });

  app.listen(PORT, function () {
    console.error(`Node ${isDev ? 'dev server' : 'cluster worker ' + process.pid}: listening on port ${PORT}`);
  });
}