From 89d65f4b96b7bd22614b2b8a9fbafb10dc2f1a8c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Gaute=20Fl=C3=A6gstad?= <gautegf@stud.ntnu.no>
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2025 10:49:23 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] feat(#4): :sparkles: Made a small express server for saving
 annotations

---
 server.js      | 48 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 vite.config.js | 14 ++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 62 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 server.js
 create mode 100644 vite.config.js

diff --git a/server.js b/server.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d11befc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server.js
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+import express from 'express'
+import cors from 'cors'
+import fs from 'fs'
+import path from 'path'
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'url'
+
+const filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)
+const dirname = path.dirname(filename)
+
+const app = express()
+const PORT = process.env.PORT || 5174
+
+app.use(cors())
+app.use(express.json({ limit: '2mb' }))
+
+// Directory where annotations are stored alongside Vite's public folder
+const annotationsDir = path.join(dirname, 'public', 'annotations')
+const annotationsFile = path.join(annotationsDir, 'annotations.json')
+
+// Ensure directory exists
+function ensureDirSync(dir) {
+  if (!fs.existsSync(dir)) fs.mkdirSync(dir, { recursive: true })
+}
+
+// Save annotations JSON
+app.post('/api/annotations', (req, res) => {
+  try {
+    const body = req.body
+    if (!body || typeof body !== 'object') {
+      return res.status(400).json({ error: 'Invalid JSON body' })
+    }
+    if (!body.folders || typeof body.folders !== 'object') {
+      return res.status(400).json({ error: 'Missing folders in payload' })
+    }
+
+    ensureDirSync(annotationsDir)
+    const data = JSON.stringify(body, null, 2)
+    fs.writeFileSync(annotationsFile, data, 'utf8')
+    return res.json({ saved: true, path: '/annotations/annotations.json' })
+  } catch (err) {
+    console.error('Failed to save annotations:', err)
+    return res.status(500).json({ error: 'Failed to save annotations' })
+  }
+})
+
+app.listen(PORT, () => {
+  console.log(`API server listening on http://localhost:${PORT}`)
+})
diff --git a/vite.config.js b/vite.config.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..afeed41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vite.config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import { defineConfig } from 'vite'
+
+export default defineConfig({
+  server: {
+    port: 5173,
+    proxy: {
+      '/api': {
+        target: 'http://localhost:5174',
+        changeOrigin: true,
+        secure: false
+      }
+    }
+  }
+})