server.js

var express = require("express");
var app = express();
var cfenv = require("cfenv");
var bodyParser = require('body-parser')

// parse application/x-www-form-urlencoded
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: false }))

// parse application/json
app.use(bodyParser.json())

let mydb, cloudant;
var dbName = 'mydb';

insertOne = function(doc, response) {
  mydb.insert(doc, function(err, body, header) {
    if (err) {
      console.log('[mydb.insert] ', err.message);
      response.send("Error");
      return;
    }
    doc._id = body.id;
    response.send(doc);
  });
}

getAll = function(response) {
  var names = [];  
  mydb.list({ include_docs: true }, function(err, body) {
    if (!err) {
      body.rows.forEach(function(row) {
        if(row.doc.name)
          names.push(row.doc.name);
      });
      response.json(names);
    }
  });
  //return names;
}

let collectionName = 'mycollection'; // MongoDB requires a collection name.

/* Endpoint to greet and add a new visitor to database.
* Send a POST request to localhost:3000/api/visitors with body
* {
*   "name": "Bob"
* }
*/
app.post("/api/visitors", function (request, response) {
  var userName = request.body.name;
  var doc = { "name" : userName };
  if(!mydb) {
    console.log("No database.");
    response.send(doc);
    return;
  }
  insertOne(doc, response);
});

/**
 * Endpoint to get a JSON array of all the visitors in the database
 * REST API example:
 * <code>
 * GET http://localhost:3000/api/visitors
 * </code>
 *
 * Response:
 * [ "Bob", "Jane" ]
 * @return An array of all the visitor names
 */
app.get("/api/visitors", function (request, response) {
  var names = [];
  if(!mydb) {
    response.json(names);
    return;
  }
  getAll(response);
});

// load local VCAP configuration  and service credentials
var vcapLocal;
try {
  vcapLocal = require('./vcap-local.json');
  console.log("Loaded local VCAP", vcapLocal);
} catch (e) { }

const appEnvOpts = vcapLocal ? { vcap: vcapLocal} : {}

const appEnv = cfenv.getAppEnv(appEnvOpts);

// Load the Cloudant library.
var Cloudant = require('@cloudant/cloudant');
if (appEnv.services['cloudantNoSQLDB'] || appEnv.getService(/[Cc][Ll][Oo][Uu][Dd][Aa][Nn][Tt]/)) {
  // Initialize database with credentials
  if (appEnv.services['cloudantNoSQLDB']) {
    // CF service named 'cloudantNoSQLDB'
    cloudant = Cloudant(appEnv.services['cloudantNoSQLDB'][0].credentials);
  } else {
     // user-provided service with 'cloudant' in its name
     cloudant = Cloudant(appEnv.getService(/cloudant/).credentials);
  }
} else if (process.env.CLOUDANT_URL){
  cloudant = Cloudant(process.env.CLOUDANT_URL);
}

if(cloudant) {
  //database name
  dbName = 'mydb';

  // Create a new "mydb" database.
  cloudant.db.create(dbName, function(err, data) {
    if(!err) //err if database doesn't already exists
      console.log("Created database: " + dbName);
  });

  // Specify the database we are going to use (mydb)...
  mydb = cloudant.db.use(dbName);
}

//serve static file (index.html, images, css)
app.use(express.static(__dirname + '/views'));
app.use('/tts', express.static(__dirname + '/views'));
app.use('/ocr', express.static(__dirname + '/views'));

var port = process.env.PORT || 3000
app.listen(port, function() {
    console.log("To view your app, open this link in your browser: http://localhost:" + port);
});