constructor(name: string) {
        this.router = Restify.createServer({
            name: name
        });

        this.router.on('listening', () => {
            log.debug(`${this.router.name} listening on ${this.router.url}`);
        });

        this.router.use(Restify.acceptParser(this.router.acceptable));
        this.router.use(stripEmptyBearerToken);
        this.router.use(Restify.dateParser());
        this.router.use(Restify.queryParser());
    }

  public bootstrap(port: number) {
    this.restifyApplication.use(restify.CORS());
    this.restifyApplication.use(restify.pre.sanitizePath());
    this.restifyApplication.use(restify.acceptParser(this.restifyApplication.acceptable));
    this.restifyApplication.use(restify.bodyParser());
    this.restifyApplication.use(restify.queryParser());
    this.restifyApplication.use(restify.authorizationParser());
    this.restifyApplication.use(restify.fullResponse());

    // configure API and error routes
    this.restifyContactRouter.configApiRoutes(this.restifyApplication);
    this.restifyContactRouter.configErrorRoutes(this.restifyApplication);
    // listen on provided ports
    this.restifyApplication.listen(port, () => {
      console.log("%s listening at %s", this.restifyApplication.name, this.restifyApplication.url);
    });
  }

import * as restify from "restify";
import * as routes from "./routes";

//config
export const server = restify.createServer({
    name: 'myAPI',
    version: '1.0.0'
});

//parsing settings
server.use(restify.acceptParser(server.acceptable));
server.use(restify.queryParser());
server.use(restify.bodyParser());
server.pre(restify.pre.sanitizePath());

//call the routes.ts file for available REST API routes
console.log('setting routes...');
routes.setRoutes(server);

//when running the app will listen locally to port 51234
server.listen(51234, function() {
    console.log('%s listening at %s', server.name, server.url);
})