Express can't start the server or connect to MongoDB - node.js

Question

I'm a beginner and try to create a rest API following this tutorial. I expected to see Server is running on port: ${PORT}, but it seems like my code can't reach it. I got no error on my terminal and it looks like this
Here are my code:
server.js
require('dotenv').config({ path: './config.env' });
const express = require('express');
const cors = require('cors');
const dbo = require('./db/conn');
const PORT = process.env.PORT || 5000;
const app = express();
app.use(cors());
app.use(express.json());
app.use(require('./api/api'));
// Global error handling
app.use(function (err, _req, res) {
console.error(err.stack);
res.status(500).send('Something broke!');
});
// perform a database connection when the server starts
dbo.connectToServer(function (err) {
if (err) {
console.error(err);
process.exit();
}
// start the Express server
app.listen(PORT, () => {
console.log(`Server is running on port: ${PORT}`);
});
});
conn.js
const MongoClient = require('mongodb').MongoClient
const dotenv = require("dotenv")
dotenv.config()
const connectionString = process.env.MONGOURI
let db;
module.exports = {
connectToServer : function(callback) {
MongoClient.connect(connectionString, {
useUnifiedTopology: true
}, (err, client) => {
if (err) return console.error(err)
db = client.db('db-name');
console.log('Connected to Database');
return callback
});
},
getDb: function () {
return db;
}
}
api.js
const express = require("express");
const gameRoutes = express.Router();
const dbo = require('../db/conn');
gameRoutes.route("/game").get(async function (_req, res) {
const dbConnect = dbo.getDb();
dbConnect
.collection("game")
.find({}).limit(50)
.toArray(function(err, result) {
if (err) {
res.status(400).send("Error fetching listings!");
} else {
res.json(result);
}
})
})
module.exports = gameRoutes;
Can you please tell me what's wrong with my code? I really can't find why the server is not running. Thanks in advance! I'll be very grateful for your help!

Answer 1

In your connectToServer method you just returning the callback. But you actually need to call it as well.
So change this
return callback
to this
return callback(null);
If you want to pass the possible error from MongoClient to the callback as well, then change your connectToServer method to this :
connectToServer : function(callback) {
MongoClient.connect(connectionString, {
useUnifiedTopology: true
}, (err, client) => {
if (err) { return callback(err); }
db = client.db('db-name');
console.log('Connected to Database');
return callback(null) // no error, so pass "null"
});
}