Signup data is reaching the server code

server/accounts/index.js

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+const express = require('express');
+const router = express.Router();
+
+//basic account management
+router.post('/signup', require('./signup'));
+
+module.exports = router;

server/accounts/signup.js

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+//libraries
+const util = require('util');
+const bcrypt = require('bcryptjs');
+const sendmail = require('sendmail')({silent: true});
+
+//utilities
+const validateEmail = require('../../common/utilities/validate-email.js');
+const validateUsername = require('../../common/utilities/validate-username.js');
+
+//api/accounts/signup
+const route = (req, res) => {
+	res.status(200).send("The server has received your information.");
+}
+
+module.exports = route;
+

server/server.js

@@ -4,20 +4,26 @@ require('dotenv').config();
 //create the server
 const express = require('express');
 const app = express();
-const http = require('http').Server(app);
+const server = require('http').Server(app);
 
 //libraries used here
 const path = require('path');
+const formidable = require('express-formidable');
+
+app.use(formidable());
+
+//account management
+app.use('/api/accounts', require('./accounts'));
 
 //send static files
-app.use('/', express.static(path.resolve(__dirname, '../public')));
+app.use('/', express.static(path.resolve('../public')));
 
 //fallback to the index file
 app.get('*', (req, res) => {
-	res.sendFile(path.resolve(__dirname, `../public/index.html`));
+	res.sendFile(path.resolve(`../public/index.html`));
 });
 
 //startup
-http.listen(process.env.WEB_PORT || 3000, (err) => {
+server.listen(process.env.WEB_PORT || 3000, (err) => {
 	console.log(`listening to localhost:${process.env.WEB_PORT || 3000}`);
 });