Added middleware to serve static files, and parse incoming bodies

app.js

@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 'use strict';
 
 // Import required modules
+const bodyParser = require('body-parser');
 const express = require('express');
+const path = require('path');
 const session = require('express-session');
+const serveFavicon = require('serve-favicon');
+const serveStatic = require('serve-static');
 
 // Import user defined modules
 const DatabaseConnectionPool = require('./lib/DatabaseConnectionPool');
@@ -21,6 +25,15 @@ async function main() {
 	// Initialise express app
 	const app = express();
 
+	// Set up parsers to allow reading of POST form data
+	app.use(bodyParser.json());
+	app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: true }));
+
+	// Set up routes for static files
+	app.use(serveFavicon(path.join(__dirname,
+		'public/assets/favicon.ico')));
+	app.use('/', serveStatic(path.join(__dirname, 'public')));
+
 	// Set up session middleware
 	app.use(session({
 		secret: sessionOptions.sessionSecret,

package-lock.json

@@ -10,10 +10,13 @@
 			"license": "MIT",
 			"dependencies": {
 				"bcrypt": "^5.0.1",
+				"body-parser": "^1.19.1",
 				"express": "^4.17.2",
 				"express-mysql-session": "^2.1.7",
 				"express-session": "^1.17.2",
-				"mysql2": "^2.3.3"
+				"mysql2": "^2.3.3",
+				"serve-favicon": "^2.5.0",
+				"serve-static": "^1.14.2"
 			},
 			"devDependencies": {
 				"eslint": "^8.6.0",
@@ -5339,6 +5342,31 @@
 			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/seq-queue/-/seq-queue-0.0.5.tgz",
 			"integrity": "sha1-1WgS4cAXpuTnw+Ojeh2m143TyT4="
 		},
+		"node_modules/serve-favicon": {
+			"version": "2.5.0",
+			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/serve-favicon/-/serve-favicon-2.5.0.tgz",
+			"integrity": "sha1-k10kDN/g9YBTB/3+ln2IlCosvPA=",
+			"dependencies": {
+				"etag": "~1.8.1",
+				"fresh": "0.5.2",
+				"ms": "2.1.1",
+				"parseurl": "~1.3.2",
+				"safe-buffer": "5.1.1"
+			},
+			"engines": {
+				"node": ">= 0.8.0"
+			}
+		},
+		"node_modules/serve-favicon/node_modules/ms": {
+			"version": "2.1.1",
+			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ms/-/ms-2.1.1.tgz",
+			"integrity": "sha512-tgp+dl5cGk28utYktBsrFqA7HKgrhgPsg6Z/EfhWI4gl1Hwq8B/GmY/0oXZ6nF8hDVesS/FpnYaD/kOWhYQvyg=="
+		},
+		"node_modules/serve-favicon/node_modules/safe-buffer": {
+			"version": "5.1.1",
+			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/safe-buffer/-/safe-buffer-5.1.1.tgz",
+			"integrity": "sha512-kKvNJn6Mm93gAczWVJg7wH+wGYWNrDHdWvpUmHyEsgCtIwwo3bqPtV4tR5tuPaUhTOo/kvhVwd8XwwOllGYkbg=="
+		},
 		"node_modules/serve-static": {
 			"version": "1.14.2",
 			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/serve-static/-/serve-static-1.14.2.tgz",
@@ -10163,6 +10191,30 @@
 			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/seq-queue/-/seq-queue-0.0.5.tgz",
 			"integrity": "sha1-1WgS4cAXpuTnw+Ojeh2m143TyT4="
 		},
+		"serve-favicon": {
+			"version": "2.5.0",
+			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/serve-favicon/-/serve-favicon-2.5.0.tgz",
+			"integrity": "sha1-k10kDN/g9YBTB/3+ln2IlCosvPA=",
+			"requires": {
+				"etag": "~1.8.1",
+				"fresh": "0.5.2",
+				"ms": "2.1.1",
+				"parseurl": "~1.3.2",
+				"safe-buffer": "5.1.1"
+			},
+			"dependencies": {
+				"ms": {
+					"version": "2.1.1",
+					"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ms/-/ms-2.1.1.tgz",
+					"integrity": "sha512-tgp+dl5cGk28utYktBsrFqA7HKgrhgPsg6Z/EfhWI4gl1Hwq8B/GmY/0oXZ6nF8hDVesS/FpnYaD/kOWhYQvyg=="
+				},
+				"safe-buffer": {
+					"version": "5.1.1",
+					"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/safe-buffer/-/safe-buffer-5.1.1.tgz",
+					"integrity": "sha512-kKvNJn6Mm93gAczWVJg7wH+wGYWNrDHdWvpUmHyEsgCtIwwo3bqPtV4tR5tuPaUhTOo/kvhVwd8XwwOllGYkbg=="
+				}
+			}
+		},
 		"serve-static": {
 			"version": "1.14.2",
 			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/serve-static/-/serve-static-1.14.2.tgz",

package.json

@@ -20,10 +20,13 @@
 	"homepage": "https://github.com/matt-fidd/stratos#readme",
 	"dependencies": {
 		"bcrypt": "^5.0.1",
+		"body-parser": "^1.19.1",
 		"express": "^4.17.2",
 		"express-mysql-session": "^2.1.7",
 		"express-session": "^1.17.2",
-		"mysql2": "^2.3.3"
+		"mysql2": "^2.3.3",
+		"serve-favicon": "^2.5.0",
+		"serve-static": "^1.14.2"
 	},
 	"devDependencies": {
 		"eslint": "^8.6.0",