Express app failing to connect without errors - node.js

Question

I have been trying to connect my express app, but for some reason it is just not connecting.
I am going to "IP:PORT" on chrome and I get a typical "Refused to connect" error.
I am using node.js, and the latest version of express.
"Received" does not print to the console, however it logs "App listening on port 8088"
I have tried a lot of things, hosting on digital ocean, no connection. I am currently trying it in VSC (Ip address is my ipv4 address)
When trying using HTTP, I get a connect fail error.
My code:
const express = require('express');
const app = express()
app.use(express.json())
const fs = require('fs');
require('dotenv').config()
const serverKey = process.env.SERVER_KEY
const port = process.env.PORT
function randomString(length, chars) {
var result = '';
for (var i = length; i > 0; --i) result += chars[Math.floor(Math.random() * chars.length)];
return result;
}
module.exports = {
async execute(client) {
console.log('Test')
app.post("/getVerificationCode", function (req, res, next) {
console.log("Recieved")
if (req.body.serverKey !== serverKey) {
console.log("Invalid serverKey supplied.")
return res.status(403).json({
error: "You do not have permission to use this."
})
}
let verificationCode = randomString(4, '0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ').toUpperCase()
const userID = parseInt(req.body.userid)
console.log(verificationCode)
client.verificationCodes[userID] = {
code: verificationCode
}
fs.writeFile("./codes.json", JSON.stringify(client.verificationCodes, null, 4), err => {
if (err) throw err
})
return res.status(200).json({
VerificationCode: verificationCode
})
})
app.get("/*", function (req, res, next) {
return res.status(200).json({})
})
app.listen(port)
console.log(`App listening on port ${port}`)
}
}
"Test" does log, so the module IS being required. Before, I was trying it in my server.js, but that did not work and the code was messy, so I moved it into a folder.
I would really appreciate some help, thank you!