server.js

var express = require('express'),
  app = express(),
  path = require('path'),
  port = Number(process.env.PORT || 8000),
  settings = require('./settings.js'),
  nano = require('nano')(settings.couchdb.uri),
  database = nano.use(settings.couchdb.database),
  _ = require('underscore'),
  moment = require('moment');

app.get('/api/view/:viewName', function(req, res) {

  database
    .get('_design/views/_view/'+req.params.viewName, function (err, body){
      if (body && body.rows) {
        res.json(body.rows.map(function (item) {
          return item.value;
        }));
      } else {
        // send 404 with the error
        prettyLog(err, err.status_code);
        res.status(err.status_code).json(err);
      }
    });

});

app.get('/api/tribes', function(req, res) {
  database.get('_design/views/_view/tribes?group=true', function(err, body) {
    if (err){
      prettyLog(err, err.status_code);
      res.status(err.status_code).json(err);
    }
    var response = body.rows.filter(function(item){return !(item.key===null)}).map(function (row) {
      return {
        name: row.key,
        prettyName: row.key.match(/- ?([a-z0-9 ]+?)$/i)[1]
      };
    });

    res.json(response);
  });
});

var prettyDate = function() {
  var dateString = moment().format('YYYY-MM-DD h:mm:ss');

  return dateString;
}

var prettyLog = function(msg, status) {
  var log = prettyDate()+" - "+msg;
  if (status && status >= 400) {
    log += " ("+status+")";
    log = "\033[31m" + log + "\033[0m";
  } else {
    log = "\033[0;32m" + log + "\033[0m";
  }

  console.log(log);
}

app.all('/api/favorites/:projectId', function(req, res){
  var user = req.headers['x-forwarded-user'];

  if (!user){
    res.status(400);
    prettyLog("No user", 400);
  } else {

    database.get(req.params.projectId, function(err, body){
      if (err) {
        if (err.status_code === 404) {
          res.status(404);
          prettyLog("No projectId " + req.params.projectId, 404);
        } else {
          prettyLog(err);
        }
      } else {

        if (!body.FavoritedBy){
          body.FavoritedBy = [];
        }

        switch (req.method) {
          case 'GET':
            break;
          case 'POST':
            if (_.contains(body.FavoritedBy, user)) {
              // If user exists in favoritedby, remove them.
              body.FavoritedBy.splice(body.FavoritedBy.indexOf(user), 1);
            } else {
              // if user is not in array, add them.
              body.FavoritedBy.push(user);
            }
            break;

          default:
            res.status(400);
            prettyLog("Disallowed method " + req.method, 400);
            return;
        }

        database.insert(body, body.id, function(err){
            res.json({"id": body.Id, "FavoritedBy": body.FavoritedBy});
          }, function(err){
            prettyLog(err);
        });
      }
    });
  }
});

app.get('/api/user', function(req, res){
  res.send(req.headers['x-forwarded-user']);
});

app.get('/api/*', function(req, res) {

  database.get(req.params[0]).pipe(res);

});


app.use(express.static(__dirname));

app.listen(port);

prettyLog("Running on http://localhost:" + port);
console.log("CTRL + C to shutdown");