app.js

/**
 * 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).
let sails;
let 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.)');
    return;
}// -•


// Start server
sails.lift(rc('sails'));